#buster

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. ↗

— Peter Fenn

#congress #filed #filibuster #first #had

President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate. ↗

— Peter Fenn

#barack #barack obama #change #changed #confront

I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#ah #buster #chan #day #gene

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats. ↗

— John Cleese

#discovering #exciting #got #greats #growing

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#attention #blockbusters #help #knows #more

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters. ↗

— Julie Walters

#best #blockbusters #dramas #great #interesting

From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales. ↗

— Allen West

#became #blockbuster #day #holiday #last

I was obsessed with 'Ghostbusters.' ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#i #obsessed

It is a quintessential example of the whirling kinetics that drive a Keaton film, in which not just the medium but the human body- the permutations of the sinews, the shock of the limbs -seems infinitely elastic, an unruly instument to be wilded with a cheeky kind of grace. ↗

— Edward McPherson

#film #human #humor #keaton #movies

Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive. ↗

— Ang Lee

#certain #certain way #characters #design #different