#thou

I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different. ↗

— Mos Def

#control #different #experience #hip-hop #how

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#barbarous #christian #civilized #considering #country

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#coincide #enemy #minds #most #people

I like the idea of bringing cartoon characters to life... and although the Americans have already attempted this, their culture is not sufficiently humane to make it work. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#although #attempted #bringing #cartoon #cartoon characters

I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#career #concerned #did #direction #fan

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#could #daughter #evils #first #first time

Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #air #better #cars #driving

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #although #been #behind #biggest

Creation is a drug I can't do without. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

#i #without

Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no movement. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#light #movement #sensibility #us #visual