#pre

In our increasingly secular society, with so many disparate gods and different faiths, superhero films present a unique canvas upon which our shared hopes, dreams and apocalyptic nightmares can be projected and played out. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#different #different faiths #disparate #dreams #faiths

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?' ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#actor #becoming #been #could #down

Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story that's set in a coffee shop or whether you're in 'The Avengers,' which is set in a Manhattan which is exploding. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#coffee #exploding #human #human nature #job

The necessary transformation of which I speak and of which my presidency will be a part is built on turning creative possibilities into live realities for all our people. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#creative #i #into #live #necessary

I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#exciting #forward #i #i think #irish

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#country #dubbed #i #into #italian

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#black #does #express #right #strike

The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#clear #given #i #ideas #independent

I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#bed #books #department #gay #good

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.' ↗

— Jim Hightower

#believe #bush #disaster #failed #farm