#na

My decision on this matter is as certain and final as death and the staggering New Deal taxes. ↗

— Thomas Dewey

#deal #death #decision #final #matter

Bulgaria is fascinating. Because it had been a Communist country until the mid-80s, so it had just recently transitioned. And there were still the police towers on the street corners, where they look down - they were still there, although no one was in them. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#because #been #bulgaria #communist #corners

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. ↗

— Harvey Cushing

#defeat #down #education #educational #ends

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#develop #emotional #enjoy #enjoy life #healthy

I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#avoiding #balanced #being #change #enjoyable

I was only in one of the John Hughes films, and I never saw the other ones. I didn't understand them. I kept hearing a really hip 40-year-old person talking in teenagers' mouths. ↗

— John Cusack

#hearing #hip #hughes #i #john

Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do. ↗

— John Cusack

#always #any #being #days #i

With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling. ↗

— John Cusack

#cameras #exact #exact opposite #exit #exit strategy

The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#burning #came #cutting #down #dynasty

These our great natural rights we keep to ourselves; we will not have them tampered with; respecting them we give to you no commission whatsoever. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#give #great #keep #natural #natural rights