#us

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#american music #appalachian #consciously #folk #i

She and my uncle were very sociable and would have a lot of people over at night to play cards or whatever. The high spot of those evenings was when we kids got dressed up to do a skit or something to amuse the guests. I loved it. ↗

— Louise Fletcher

#cards #dressed #evenings #got #guests

I'm curious about people. That's what I've always done since I've been a small boy. I'm curious about others. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#always #been #boy #curious #done

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. ↗

— Abraham Flexner

#billions #borrow #borrowed #both #cannot

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. ↗

— Abraham Flexner

#cannot #choice #civilization #enough #make

It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#art #else #expressive #just #me

A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#clever #dive #focus #funny #get

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care. ↗

— Michael Korda

#already #bad #bad news #calmly #care

Sometimes when you play a character, you can feel it in your body. And I felt like I had characteristics of my dog: the way Webster moves, the way he holds his head. I kind of adapted it into this part unconsciously. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#body #character #characteristics #dog #feel

The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#buying #house #indulgence #only #pretty