#row

I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#crowds #fill #got #had #here

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#collective #demographic #economic #economic growth #futures

God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#cancer #divorce #dying #god #grief

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#california #grown #headed #i #important

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#i #intolerant #learned #most #narrow-minded

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#bit #broken #damaged #doing #feel

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon. ↗

— William Devane

#creation #credit #david #enjoyable #frowned

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#actor #after #am #change #clowns

My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something different or experiment. Growing up with him, I was surrounded by different artists - not just actors or film-makers but cartoonists, poets, writers. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#also #artists #cartoonists #chances #choices

How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt. ↗

— Robert Blair

#blunt #comparison #guilt #how #those