#now

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#good #i #know #really #something

About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#absolutely #ago #am #another #bad

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know? ↗

— Kerry Washington

#always #background #because #been #come

People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#allowed #barack #certain #civil #civil rights

Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#actually #always #attached #bogged #down

I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#always #film #how #i #i always

I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#i #know #like #me #meet

I don't know where my first gold medal is. ↗

— Shaun White

#gold #gold medal #i #know #medal

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why. ↗