#thro

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. ↗

— Hal David

#everyone #gone #graceful #haven #how

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems. ↗

— Angela Davis

#cultural #going #good #i #i think

If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#audience #bit #did #doing #entire

I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps. ↗

— Les Dawson

#coming #i #i can #law #mice

The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#inspiration-through-art #strength #art

We heard later through the grapevine that we were being compared to the Furious 5, and because of that we were getting feedback that they were saying that we werent all that, that we were copying them... blah blah blah. ↗

— Kool Moe Dee

#being #blah #compared #copying #feedback

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours." ↗

— Vine Deloria, Jr.

#anthropologist #asked #before #called #came

I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob. ↗

— Bo Diddley

#holding #i #just #left #lot

I'm going through a stage where the dumbest things make me bawl. I feel like I need to see a shrink. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#feel #going #i #i feel #i feel like

I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club. ↗

— David Dinkins

#could #done #downtown #give #got