#lit

I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#been #emotional #fan #fears #hear

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#career #go #i #learning #little

I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#before #done #film #full #given

When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had. ↗

— Jim Evans

#chief #coming #had #i #league

We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog. ↗

— Ron Bloom

#barrel #comes #dog #friend #get

And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#because #country #everybody #family #feed

Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#anyway #back #bit #course #day

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#dirty #just #little #love #need

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#defense #direct #expression #feminism #hated

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#back #because #breaks #cut #economic