#thou

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#albert #black #died #dressed #early

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#bad #based #because #disagree #good

If you're very open to watching the world go by, with people's different tics, you absorb it all without realizing it and find ways to put something into your character. I'm not sure I'm always aware I'm mimicking someone. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#always #aware #character #different #find

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool. ↗

— James Blunt

#army #enough #fool #getting #guess

The decision to join or not join a service union, political party or other organization should be left up to the individual. No such organization has the right to take money out of the pockets of state workers without their proper consent. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#decision #individual #join #left #money

I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#auditions #city #commercials #days #did

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#better #books #contents #get #god

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#enemy #know #self #thousand #thy

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#believe #come #enigma #had #harmless

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#books #curious #died #even #grandfather