#si

Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#black #black and white #civil rights #era #helping

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#buck #checks #guy #signs #stops

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. ↗

— Edward Teller

#prospect #retrospect #right #simple #will

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again. ↗

— Richard Morris

#bursting #falling #into #nothing #seconds

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean. ↗

— Richard Morris

#importantly #like #mean #more #music

You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition. ↗

— Richard Morris

#catholic #churches #consistent #count #country

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#difficult #doing #filmmaker #french #honoring

'Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#any #bang #cheer #cop #desktop

As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#aside #brian #community #continue #correctly

However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#any #asked #congo #council #course