#wards

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#fair #fools #hide #high #high places

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#always #could #definition #each #enough

We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#our #shape #tools #us

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade. ↗

— Bette Midler

#because #big #conformity #cruelty #group

Doing press is like eating at McDonald's: while it's going on it's vaguely enjoyable - you're seduced by your own vanity and taking yourself rather seriously - but immediately afterwards you feel sick. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#doing #eating #enjoyable #feel #going

If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't. ↗

— Graeme Murphy

#afterwards #am #big #breath #fine

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. ↗

— Bill Murray

#anyone #awards #campaigns #disdain #get

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. ↗

— John Negroponte

#bent #contrary #democratic #elections #i