#ura

It's a lot easier to see, at least in some cases, what the long-term limits of the possible will be, because they depend on natural law. But it's much harder to see just what path we will follow in heading toward those limits. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#cases #depend #easier #follow #harder

I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted. ↗

— David Duchovny

#actor #feel #granted #hard #i

Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#city #cultural #ethnic #great #los

Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#get #go #going #hard #i

In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#any #before #beginning #being #could

I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#ball #cultural #feel #forward #honest

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#anyone #comfort #console #contrary #destiny

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#fear #just #life #protects

We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#allowing #barrels #billions #drilling #feet

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#catholics #contrast #cultural #directly #general