#aught

My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#been #believe #buying #dad #earning

Many of the vicious criminals held there have been caught on the battlefield fighting against American troops and shutting down Guantanamo Bay would just require the military to move them elsewhere. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#american #american troops #battlefield #bay #been

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#existence #get #hidden #hypocrisy #i

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what do you do when your 13 year old daughter comes home pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, but she wants to keep the baby. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#comes #daughter #home #idea #into

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter. ↗

— Dawn French

#dench #i #judi #play #sister

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies. ↗

— Sophocles

#bred #children #except #furnishes #gives

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire. ↗

— George Soros

#defeat #earth #external #getting #most

My father taught me how to substitute realities. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#father #how #me #realities #substitute

Education is hanging around until you've caught on. ↗

— Robert Frost

#caught #education #hanging #until #you

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #done #every #fifteen #hundred