#esp

Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy did its part to further the goals of the Mercenaries—glamorizing death, making dying for love seem the most noble act of all, though nothing could be further from the truth. Taking an innocent life—in a misguided attempt to prove love or for any other reason—is a useless waste. ↗

— Stacey Jay

#love #shakespeare #death

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#extinct #forest #learn #man #oceans

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#equality #exercise #give #great #great souls

I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For Colored Girls.' It's just part of what you should have, as a woman of color. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#back #been #color #colored #feel

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. ↗

— George Bancroft

#consent #crown #envy #excite #glory

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. ↗

— George Bancroft

#no respect #obtain #people #possess #respect

I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#always #decade #especially #extra #family

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#california #despair #disappointment #failure #i

My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#country #especially #foreigners #france #homeland

When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#child #conditional love #desperately #gives #kind