#ted

Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#context #dealing #economical #family #i

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing. ↗

— Paul R. Ehrlich

#doing #government #highly #industries #most

It was inevitable that in doing this I should arrive at new results, and it is perhaps understandable that in the end I have felt impelled to present these results not only in the dry form of a catalogue, but also in a more connected and personal one. ↗

— Alfred Einstein

#arrive #catalogue #connected #doing #dry

I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#actually #articles #behind #book #checked

When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts. ↗

— Michael Ende

#beings #beliefs #better #comes #controlling

The scope of material I can work with is not limited to the set of things that we inherit from nature. ↗

— Drew Endy

#i can #inherit #limited #material #nature

My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#am #area #been #caribbean #come

One or two of the trips were a bit scary. Soldiers had me at gun point on one trip, locked me in my van all night and escorted me in and out of buildings when I wanted to wash. ↗

— Joey Dunlop

#bit #buildings #gun #had #i

Then in college I became obsessed with film, and wanted to be part of that. ↗

— Christopher Durang

#college #film #i #obsessed #part

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. ↗

— Will Durant

#against #because #divided #machine #majority