#ra

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#defamation #had #her #i #initial

Mendel had a remarkable nature as a boy. I’m not talking about miracles. Miracles are a burden for a tzaddik, not the proof of one. Miracles prove nothing except to those whose faith is bought very cheap, sir. There was something in Mendele. There was a fire. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#philosophy #faith

With respect to Barack Obama, let's face it; Barack Obama is an iconic figure in the African-American community. We respect that. We understand that. African-Americans are going to vote for the first black president, especially when he happens to share the liberal politics on economic issues that many in that community hold. ↗

— Artur Davis

#african-american community #barack #barack obama #black #community

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation. ↗

— Bette Davis

#becomes #creation #insight #just #trade

I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#coming home #days #face #home #i

Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#any #both #cast #clock #come

I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#banging #came #conventional #different #different people

I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#face #i #live #looks #me

Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#author #focusing #i #i always #ignorant

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#bear #between #carriages #good #i