#roach

I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#carry #certain #cockroaches #door #energy

These examples and many others demonstrate an alarming trend whereby the privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen -- a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of man's life at will." [Dissenting, Osborn v. United States, 385 U.S. 323, 343 (1966)] ↗

— William O. Douglas

#encroachment #freedom #government #liberty #privacy

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur. ↗

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

#amateur #approach #away #creative #creative spirit

To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#privacy #solitude #solitude

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. ↗

— Paul Berg

#approach #consensus #developing #discussion #effort

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism. ↗

— Jason Biggs

#doing #great #sequel #skepticism #trepidation

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#approached #did #find #i #inspiration

Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#approached #away #blown #blown away #dad

Because I used to go and watch him rehearsing for pantomime, and I have adopted some of those priciples, like try to be on time, learn your script, how he approach it, etc. ↗

— Dennis Brown

#approach #because #etc #go #him

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work. ↗

— Paul Hirsch

#approach #certain #had #i #rhythmic