#lone

I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#badly #calculate #colonels #could #country

A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture. ↗

— Uwe Boll

#around #budget #dark #dead #easier

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. ↗

— Epictetus

#credit #educated #free #give #many

However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#cannot #defined #democracy #elections #existence

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#america #assembly #assembly line #consumption #dominated

For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#because #dad #door #downside #famous

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. ↗

— David Brooks

#aspects #building #character #comes #educated

But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy. ↗

— Frank Bruno

#go #guy #just #lonely #other

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination

Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#case #drinker #friend #job #lonely