#them

I have a hard time defending the production of candy, given that it is basically crack for children and makes them dependent in unwholesome ways. ↗

— Steve Almond

#candy #children #crack #defending #dependent

I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to. ↗

— Alejandro Amenabar

#change #controlling #encourage #even #exactly

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#benefits #carry #forgive #forgiven #great

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#because #hard #issue #mindset #quit

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#i #nobody #photograph #really #see

I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. ↗

— Sherwood Anderson

#am #bear #cattle #eat #envy

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#create #dream #experienced #future #gives

Once I could persuade these guys that all I wanted to hear from them was what they did - Tell me what you do - once you can persuade someone that this is all you're after, you can't shut them up because we're all fascinated by what we do. ↗

— Roger Angell

#because #could #did #fascinated #guys

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#deeper meaning #down #human #human voice #infuse

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#characters #conscience #cut #failing #fighting