#lock

I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#being #blocking #character #cliche #complicated

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#grave #green #grey #his #locks

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#ever #except #man #money #wrote

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#america #biggest #black #black and white #block

The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#back #block #bring #cities #community

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion! ↗

— Ben Jonson

#clocks #engine #forget #his #keep

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#about #afternoon #better #better world #blankets

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#blocked #come #concentrating #out #planning

A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#clock #freezer #get #go #go home