#ny

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#alive #arts #average #bodies #body

Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#automatic #creature #environment #habit #his

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful. ↗

— James Hall

#anyone #colorful #lie #more #truth

Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer. ↗

— John Hall

#brief #comments #deal #going #i

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#because #good #people #religion #some

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting. ↗

— Michael C. Hall

#any #convince #interesting #need #play

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else. ↗

— Radclyffe Hall

#call #else #mad #much #nature

The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall song. Up until then there hadn't been any such thing. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#been #best #compliment #day #disc

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#ever #fired #had #hundreds #i

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot. ↗

— Lasse Hallstrom

#character #character-driven #choosing #interest #key