#tin

Writing can sometimes be exploitative. I like to take a few steps of remove in order to respect the privacy of the subject. If readers make the link, they have engaged with the poem. ↗

— John Barton

#exploitative #few #i #like #link

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not. ↗

— Orlando A. Battista

#enemy #experience #feeling #forgive #genuinely

I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#anything #arm #caught #certainly #enjoyed

Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#couch #couple #did #i #obviously

Starting at age 10, my personality and my identity all stemmed from employment. I had a set to be at. I was a certain way with the cameraman, a certain way with the makeup lady - a normal, routine environment. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#cameraman #certain #certain way #employment #environment

Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#dries #early #empathize #enough #fortunately

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor. ↗

— Alan Bates

#emotional #instinctive #more #performance #usually

There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it. ↗

— Chuck Barris

#another #could #creative #creative people #failure

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. ↗

— Dave Barry

#cakes #chewing #coffee #cup #eating

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. ↗

— Dave Barry

#boring #catch #disgusting #fish #fishing