#ny

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#any #collapse #communist #democracy #despite

The time frame is very small to disarm the militia, to bring about a security situation in which the governing council, the 24 Iraqis or however many others they appoint, can govern the country. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#appoint #bring #council #country #disarm

It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#bear #biological #blood #bloodstream #bloody

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#am #believe #circumstances #i #i am

I'll take any story if it's good. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#good #i #story #take

It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#any #convince #down #dracula #film

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#cure #damn #friends #gave #go

A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God. ↗

— Derek Luke

#anything #believe #especially #faith #few

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington. ↗

— Derek Luke

#denzel #denzel washington #discovered #i #lot

I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later. ↗

— Derek Luke

#age #came #conversation #even #front