#ton

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family. ↗

— Jennifer Ehle

#autonomy #been #brief #close #family

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#formats #gluttony #i #i think #important

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#films #get #miss #more #most

I hate my stomach. It's impossible to get it flat, and the area around my belly button drives me crazy. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#around #belly #button #crazy #drives

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to. ↗

— William Glasser

#bloody #choose #heads #may #our

I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#blowing #i #mind #saw #stones

In a world of chance is there a better and a worse? We yield to a stranger's embrace or give ourselves to the waves; for the blink of an eyelid our vigilance relaxes; we are asleep; and when we awake, we have lost the direction of our lives. What are these blinks of an eyelid, against which the only defence is an eternal and inhuman wakefulness? Might they not be the cracks and chinks through which another voice, other voices, speak in our lives? By what right do we close our ears to them? (Susan Barton) ↗

— J.M. Coetzee

#others #philosophy #self-awareness #susan-barton #life

You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character. ↗

— David R. Ellis

#alone #because #character #doing #funny

We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get the job done. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#clear message #done #get #job #message

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks. ↗

— Eminem

#fame #hit #like #me #ton