#asses

The reader feels as if he is in Chongjin, where starving people ate the bark off trees; or atop Mount Taesong with the elite of Pyongyang, whose existence is a mix of sadism and whimsy; or with the masses who are bombarded day and night with the propaganda of North Korea's alternate reality. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#ate #bark #bombarded #day #elite

I guess I kind of lived in a fairytale world... looking at everything through rose-colored glasses. I probably always will, to a certain extent. ↗

— Sharon Tate

#certain #certain extent #everything #extent #fairytale

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#approach #assessment #critical #current #elite

When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school! ↗

— Danica McKellar

#classes #entered #film #finding #fun

I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#agent #anything #big #big break #break

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#governments #instincts #make #masses #name

Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject. ↗

— A. A. Milne

#classes #divided #into #need #own

In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three. ↗

— Julianne Moore

#athletic #complete #geek #glasses #grade

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#man #more #nothing #often #passes

You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react. ↗

— Nelly

#comes #how #know #masses #never