#tend

Against the dark background of this contemporary civilization of well-being, even the arts tend to mingle, to lose their identity. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#arts #background #civilization #contemporary #dark

Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a few times and pretend I know what I'm doing! ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#character #doing #few #getting #i

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. ↗

— Frederick Tennyson

#dies #drowns #joys #like #loud

I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#am #because #better #drawn #i

Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute denial, of death - everybody's pretending that death doesn't happen in L.A.; if you do enough exercise and take enough wheatgrass and have your pill every day, you might not die. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#day #death #denial #die #enough

I tend to play strong characters and people just assume that I would want to play romantic comedies, which I would love to do, but there are other women that do it so great and they maybe couldn't do what I do, play the kind of characters that I play. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#characters #comedies #great #i #i do

I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characters that would work solely alongside men where they would be in a man's world and have to deal with that, and it creates a lot of interesting storylines. For me, it's kind of circumstantial, but I definitely enjoy it. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#characters #creates #deal #definitely #enjoy

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#american citizens #citizens #happiness #involve #moods

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train. ↗

— Marc Newson

#design #kind #mystify #need #people

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#ends #great #hazards #intended