#pre

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#fill #heart #i #life #must

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president. ↗

— Howard Dean

#bill clinton #clinton #could #economy #glad

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is. ↗

— Howard Dean

#balanced #budget #bush #conservative #george

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet. ↗

— James Dean

#actor #experiences #fact #feet #his

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. ↗

— James Dean

#dedication #duty #express #full #grasp

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#hard #human #i #neglecting #plot

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

#conditions #directly #everything #immense #into

All that was once directly lived has become mere representation. ↗

— Guy Debord

#directly #lived #mere #once #representation

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes. ↗

— Claude Debussy

#changing #curves #described #expression #movement

With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?' ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

#big #big movie #cheque #first #got