#yin

I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#always #come #filmmakers #find #i

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compliment #him #his #kind #lie

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#control #i #keep #lot #money

My thing is trying to convince them they can win. ↗

— Dick Butkus

#them #thing #trying #win

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#before #clear #done #god #him

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devise #irish #nation #now #old

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compromise #fall #get #herself #impossible

While many people are trying to be in tune with infinite, what they really are is in tune with the indefinite. ↗

— Eric Butterworth

#infinite #many #people #really #trying

When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a bad qualifying session. I think insecurity plagues a lot of sportspeople. ↗

— Jenson Button

#bad #family #friends #friends and family #had

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#been #believe #cuts #explore #fog