#rio

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#because #cannot #catharsis #defeat #emotional

And I think people who sort of glibly say, 'Well, you know, they're not going to handle security, UAE is a great ally,' four and a half years ago, they were not an ally, they were working with the enemy, and if those same people are still there today that were there then, these are real serious issues. ↗

— Peter King

#ally #enemy #four #glibly #going

I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. ↗

— Stephen King

#celebrity #celebrity culture #culture #discussion #gun

I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become. ↗

— Stephen King

#become #big #big fan #bother #fan

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. ↗

— Stephen King

#economics #interested #manufacturing #part #play

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

#approaches #hard #i #i think #invention

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#dog #head #imperious #like #minute

To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is! ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#another #basic #crying #debris #embrace

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#behind #far #female #filmmakers #get

When you look at the state of the economy right now, you have to set a priority. And my top priority is the deficit of jobs and economic growth, and especially this perception that the United States could be falling behind especially Asian economies. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#behind #could #deficit #economic #economic growth