#thin

Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#american #any #course #expansion #frontier

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#affairs #especially #everything #inactivity #others

Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#discern #draw #genius #having #just

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist; film was not. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#art world #began #cinematic #elitist #exercise

One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that. ↗

— Yohan Blake

#everybody #experience #hate #i #me

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#certain way #cinematic #context #handled #i

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#consistently #drawn #extreme #find #i

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#either #important #important thing #irrelevant #movie

Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#enjoy #favourite #fortunately #going #instead

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#changed #expansion #exploration #got #history