#own

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired. ↗

— William Falconer

#acquiring #advance #any #attained #degree

The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#field #grown-up #honest #makers #must

As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby. ↗

— Beau Bridges

#around #bar #been #entertainment #find

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#downside #eating #exercising #good #great

For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#because #dad #door #downside #famous

I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#did #down #enjoy #ever #i

I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#gratification #hooked #i #i feel #i think

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#closed #dignity #face #had #humiliate

He looked like such a Republican. He dressed like Pee-Wee Herman. But had I known what he had done when I was reading about him, I might have thought different. ↗

— Matthew Bright

#different #done #dressed #had #herman

I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#freedom #freedom of religion #i #i am #includes