#pre

People aren't used to thinking of cultural forms spreading out across the full range of formal interactions - or what is called the "text" in literary terms. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#called #cultural #formal #forms #full

It's like real life: We don't get a preview of what's coming up, thank God, and we don't build our own character from what we're going to be informed with in the future. ↗

— Frances Conroy

#character #coming #future #get #god

But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#funny #laugh #people #premise #simple

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal. ↗

— Peter Cook

#because #coal #falling #i #judge

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. ↗

— Scott Cook

#generation #instead #now #poverty #preparing

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#been #being #coward #down #go

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality. ↗

— Richard Courant

#aesthetic #analysis #basic #basic elements #construction

Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn. ↗

— Robin Cousins

#create #dedicated #everywhere #facilities #going

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette. ↗

— Ronny Cox

#bad #bad guy #bad guys #blue #characters

BLOODY LIPS The bloody wound Of the gladiator Gurgles out life's end. The cries of acclimations from the stands Fill the sky with raging tigers. Waving their arms about to incite the masses The aging notables add an air of dignity to the arena. Making their separate entries they K N E E L over the still-warm corpses Of the young. Their withered lips they pose Upon the fresh flowing wounds And, to prolong their lives – so they believe, Suck, ravenously suck out the blood, blood, blood. Fresh blood from the sun Flowing into filthy veins As into sewage pipes, And thus the Heart of the Nation is abandoned. ↗

— Visar Zhiti

#bloodsport #gladiators #oppression #tyranny #vampire