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What Republicans have done in my view is that they are systematically dismantling a sense of community in America. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#community #dismantling #done #republicans #sense

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#antiquated #art #art form #attract #created

On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#cannot #director #fixed #like #something

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#esteemed #highly #most #music #operas

When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#chatting #could #daisy #direct #driving

Yet the effort to inform the public also encouraged responsible public discussion that succeeded in developing a consensus for the measured approach that many scientists supported. ↗

— Paul Berg

#approach #consensus #developing #discussion #effort

I somewhere along the way became fascinated with exploring characters who are willing to put themselves into violent situations, whether it's football, hockey, boxing, being a cop, being a soldier. There's not a lot of people who are willing to put themselves into those situations. ↗

— Peter Berg

#became #being #boxing #characters #cop

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#does #even #inaction #iron #loses

I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships? ↗

— Peter Berg

#being #challenge #could #different #drawn

I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans. ↗

— Peter Berg

#admiration #attention #believe #enough #follow