#om

If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something. ↗

— James Franco

#film #i #like #morning #shoot

It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something. ↗

— James Franco

#dark #feels #go #like #me

The first piece of art that I ever bought-when I could afford it-was a Warhol sketch from the period when he was just getting out of doing commercial work and more into art. It's a sketch of a young guy's face. I guess the gallery that I bought it from thought I would like it because the young guy kind of looked like James Dean. ↗

— James Franco

#art #because #bought #commercial #commercial work

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces. ↗

— James Franco

#bad #braces #child #get #got

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be. ↗

— Anne Frank

#alone #because #best #does #feel

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world. ↗

— Anne Frank

#any #bad #becoming #could #finally

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out. ↗

— Anne Frank

#carry #come #i #ideals #must

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. ↗

— Barney Frank

#affected #better #capitalism #decision #decisions

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore. ↗

— Barney Frank

#anymore #appear #attached #become #even

Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take. ↗

— Barney Frank

#based #broader #compensation #country #decisions