#thru

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#decent #decent people #goes #greatness #just

I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#life

I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially during the first season, covering her alcoholism to her on the job performance, was a great opportunity for me as an actress. ↗

— Nancy McKeon

#alcoholism #before #cop #covering #during

Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one. ↗

— Pervez Musharraf

#changed #coercion #ever #force #forcibly

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat. ↗

— Michael Newdow

#choose #down #god #government #i

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#assumed #happy #i #joan #just

We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design. ↗

— Steve Albini

#band #conceptual #design #discovered #general

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#consists #great #height #interior #mass

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#man #me #montana #ranch #spending

Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#born #mediocre #mediocrity #people #some