#som

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows. ↗

— Frances Rodman

#brave #brightness #courage #fail #faith

Think twice before you speak - and you'll find everyone talking about something else. ↗

— Frances Rodman

#before #else #everyone #find #something

Our waterboarding program is based on the U.S. military training program... tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen were waterboarded pursuant to this program to prepare them for the possibility of being captured someday so that they would know what it felt like. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#being #captured #felt #know #like

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#better #constantly #continue #goes #idea

The concern we have is that if somebody from our side gets captured they are going to get their throats slit. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#concern #get #gets #going #our

We knew that if the photos of CIA officers conducting authorized EIT (enhanced interrogation techniques) ever got out, the difference between a legal, authorized, necessary, and safe program and the mindless actions of some MPs (military police) would be buried by the impact of the images. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#authorized #between #buried #cia #conducting

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. ↗

— Will Rogers

#fruit #go #got #limb #out

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey! ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#around #creative #express #get #going

I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#couple #decided #did #emotion #i

Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#because #dream #dream world #feel #how