#nin

There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#action movie #african-american #bringing #cat #coming

Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#anything #better #classical #else #general

I was an opening act for 10 years. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#i #opening #opening act #years

My knee is almost back to normal. I am back in training. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#am #back #i #i am #i am back

Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#asleep #been #catalog #common #emotional

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#find #get #go #his #meaning

What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#advance #attitude #bankrupting #coming #country

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#crown #idleness #vice #virtues

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#approach #attaining #joy #know #love

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row. ↗

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

#losing #row #times #two #winning