#aid

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do. ↗

— Steve Martin

#actually #because #came #could #dancer

Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. ↗

— Karl Marx

#employed #labor #machines #may #quell

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it. ↗

— Willie Mays

#called #clock #enjoy #field #game

What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs. ↗

— Barry McCaffrey

#community #country #determined #enough #enough is enough

I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product. ↗

— Jacqueline McKenzie

#because #companionship #end #end product #first

I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.' ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#meet #read #revolting #said #somebody

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#cared #chicks #could #dixie #natalie

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#decisions #emotional #make #people

What happened after publication of our paper was that, for the next 40 years, people said, all right, we now know the answer to the capital structure question under ideal conditions. ↗

— Merton Miller

#answer #capital #conditions #happened #ideal

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#compliment #exactly #fan #filmmaker #frustrated