#ok

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#different #different angles #especially #good #iranian

With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#comes #feel #find #funny #humor

One man is as good as another until he has written a book. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#book #good #man #until #written

I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#church #commandments #could #especially #growing

You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#be careful #careful #how #look #much

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

#back #i #i think #learn #look

Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published. ↗

— Dick Bruna

#been #books #came #chance #course

I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#am #double #every #go #i

The '90s will be looked back on as ushering in an era of comfort. ↗

— Michael Kors

#comfort #era #looked #will

Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery. ↗

— Fannie Farmer

#been #civilization #cookery #progress