#pro

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. ↗

— August Strindberg

#enemy #family #father #position #provider

I do like things that are not necessarily a reflection of what is considered the right thing by this culture. Somehow, promoting that status quo I find uninteresting. ↗

— Crispin Glover

#culture #find #i #i do #like

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset. ↗

— Crispin Glover

#actor #fund #i #managed #mindset

Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage. ↗

— Danny Glover

#almost #becoming #education #freedom #graduated

In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other influential black writers such as Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What emerged was something we called the community communications program. That's how I got involved; I got involved in a little play. ↗

— Danny Glover

#black #called #campus #cleaver #communications

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color. ↗

— Danny Glover

#affecting #also #color #community #important

Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects. ↗

— Danny Glover

#actor #african #before #bring #course

The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist. ↗

— Danny Glover

#agreements #america #celebrate #energy #find

Welding torches, cutting torches and any activity producing a flame outside is prohibited. Any open flame is discouraged. ↗

— John Glover

#any #cutting #discouraged #flame #open

The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved. ↗

— Gay Talese

#problem #problems #real #real problem #solved