#nate

I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar! ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#changes #feel #get #home #i

We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#class #class distinctions #concerned #discriminate #distinctions

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#father #fortunate #gambling #gene #gift

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alone #books #change #copies #feel

If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and a penis? That doesn't make sense. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alive #award #between #book #called

I am very fortunate having the job that I do and I want to do it for as long as possible. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#fortunate #having #i #i am #i do

I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#fascinated #fire #friends #got #i

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#creates #culture #does #innate #learning

My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#better #better life #came #dad #determined

I'm just mystified and fascinated by women, and I'm still single. Hence all of that, and the fact that I celebrate them so much, I understand that I'm unevolved at this exact moment to share my life with one. I wouldn't inflict that upon anyone yet. But, I'm getting closer. ↗

— Jeremy Piven

#celebrate #closer #exact #fact #fascinated