#presente

Nevertheless, in the theatre, and in the cinema, the contemporary reality of Poland has been represented only to a minuscule degree in the last 12 years. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinema #contemporary #degree #last #minuscule

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#coming #felt #great #having #i

I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#i #i can #i think #insular #kind

We are still keeping, as much as we can to the one million commitment that we made, hoping that at a certain point in time, the headwinds represented by the strength of the yen will be a little bit less strong. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#certain #certain point #commitment #hoping #keeping

When my first film 'The Seventh Continent' was presented here 12 years ago, non-Austrian spectators would come up to me and say, 'Is Austria that terrible?', whereas for me it wasn't about Austria but about highly industrialised cultures everywhere. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#ago #austria #come #continent #cultures

I felt Clinton represented the worst of the 1960s. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#felt #i #represented #worst

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#circus #deal #good #good deal #like

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country. ↗

— Sarah Hughes

#country #family #felt #helped #i

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. ↗

— William Bartram

#delightful #distant #elegance #forests #grand

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#could #family #me #need #partly