#low

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#burgeoning #civilization #direction #early #flow

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#always #back #bit #character #directors

Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority – rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi. ↗

— Moderata Fonte

#building #dignity #empowerment #flowers #gender

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#brave #call #country #false #free

Build the roads and the jobs follow. ↗

— Tommy Thompson

#follow #jobs #roads

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it! ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#catholic school #class #class clown #clown #i

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#broke #davis #everything #following #had

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#accept #allow #bullied #define #definition

You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#aware #camera #half #like #minute

The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music. ↗

— Tim Finn

#big success #conscious #create #follow #gets