#ton

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

I kept telling everyone I wasn't going to Washington to stay. I go to visit. ↗

— John Engler

#go #going #i #kept #stay

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback. ↗

— Kate Fox

#animated #detail #different #feedback #female

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#buttons #difficulties #directing #family #know

To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief. ↗

— Patti LuPone

#felt #i #just #nominated #relief