#ted

I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist. For instance, I am suspicious of the old leftists who focus all their hatred on the United States. What about Chinese neo-colonialism? Why are the left silent about that? When I say this, it annoys them, of course. Good! ↗

— Slavoj Zizek

#abstractly #am #annoys #call #chinese

An old dream with a shiny new veneer. It's fascinating, you know, how an obsolete madness is sometimes adopted and stylized in an attempt to ghoulishly preserve it. These are the days of second-hand fantasies and antiquated hysteria. ("The Chymist") ↗

— Thomas Ligotti

#hysteria #madness #obsolete #dreams

Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood. ↗

— Vic Morrow

#castles #crew #duplicated #episodes #france

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people. ↗

— David Morse

#actor #being #get #good #good things

That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history. ↗

— William Thomas Green Morton

#decency #ethics #flaws #history #ironies

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene. ↗

— Andrew Morton

#bbc #family #i #inflated #instrumental

Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#care #committed #country #families #i

The partnership over the 28 years we had the company afforded him the opportunity to experiment and live his life as an artist and a label honcho and do what he wanted to do. It afforded me the same opportunity. ↗

— Jerry Moss

#artist #company #experiment #had #him

I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself. ↗

— Ike Turner

#because #confidence #enjoy #fighting #get

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#find #her #priestcraft #subjected #woman