#bout

Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or the metaphoric experience that allows them to see human continuity as opposed to total threat, total willingness to do violence. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#allows #bring #continuity #experience #first-person

The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#american #discussion #general #going #ideas

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#always #charge #cheques #everything #film-making

My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past. ↗

— Alex Trebek

#anything #change #future #i #i can

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever. ↗

— Ice Cube

#forever #happened #stays #stuff #think

Yeah, I came in at the end of the Notorious album, played on about five tracks and then we went on a tour. Then we did another album, Big Thing, and then we started writing songs together in 1989. ↗

— Warren Cuccurullo

#album #another #big #big thing #came

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but we're not allowed to see people get killed as a result. ↗

— Alex Cox

#abroad #allowed #get #killed #level

I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role. ↗

— Deborah Cox

#been #husband #i #i think #inspiration

I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression. ↗

— Deborah Cox

#classical #could #dance #different #different level

I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#alienation #alive #anger #because #causes