#some

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#act #bad #creative #creative act #i

I've always got something to say. ↗

— Joan Jett

#got #i #say #something

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#afraid #also #bit #desire #something

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#certainly #doubt #engine #leave #lodged

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. ↗

— John Major

#believe #consensus #does #keeps #people

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ↗

— John Major

#before #conservative #could #different #i

The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change. ↗

— John Major

#bad #bad man #certainly #change #inadequate

I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role. ↗

— Lee Majors

#always #better #came #disappointments #either

Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#common enemy #deal #enemy #important #interests

I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

#brothers #families #films #gradually #happened