#way

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#concentrate #gets #had #i #life

God's dice always have a lucky roll. ↗

— Sophocles

#dice #god #lucky #roll

It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That's where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts. We never got the 40 acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover, and we never got the 40 acres. We didn't get the mule. So we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#after #argument #as far as #commitment #day

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#get #much #own #play #too

Because I've always been a fairly nervous person. ↗

— David Sedaris

#because #been #fairly #i #nervous

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time. ↗

— David Sedaris

#i #iron #like #listening #same

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country. ↗

— David Sedaris

#american #american culture #ask #back #country

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#because #blown #blown away #character #embodied

I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#always #been #done #go #i

It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role. ↗

— Kyra Sedgwick

#being #boat #easier #guy #life