#fodder

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. ↗

— Henry Miller

#debate-fodder #intelligence #reading #wisdom #intelligence

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#actor #avoiding #become #becoming #being

If we care about the children, the grandchildren, the future generations, we need to make sure that they do not become the cannon fodder of the future. ↗

— Helen Thomas

#become #cannon #care #children #fodder

There were a lot of times where there was a great deal of fodder recorded and played, because there was a market for it - just as there is today. And there were more bad bands than there were good bands - I think that should always be remembered. ↗

— Woody Herman

#bad #bands #because #deal #fodder

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people. ↗

— Edie Falco

#fodder #gain #i #i think #people

With the draft, everybody was involved. Everybody was fodder. When you got to be 21, 22 and graduated from college, for two years your life stopped. If you had been running in the direction of your life, you had to stop and do this other thing which was, if not menacing, just plain boring. ↗

— Philip Roth

#boring #college #direction #draft #everybody

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#fodder #great #hypocrisy

Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! COME TO THE EDGE! And they came And he pushed And they flew. ↗

— Christopher Logue

#inspiration #tattoo-fodder #courage