#ned

Above all, be suspicious of your fatherland. Nobody is more inclined to become a murderer than a fatherland. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#become #fatherland #inclined #more #nobody

The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#consciousness #defined #development #evolution #grand

What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible. ↗

— Charles S. Dutton

#august #could #essence #had #i

I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old nightclub partner passed away, Phil Erickson down in Atlanta. He - I owe him everything. He put me in the business and taught me about everything I know. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#ago #atlanta #away #business #down

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#dined #i #impressed #kings #never

My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. ↗

— David Frum

#cared #conclusions #how #more #mother

It's almost ingrained in people that, just like you can't be a smart model, you can't be a good-looking cook. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#cook #good-looking #ingrained #just #like

In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#economic #emphasis #necessarily #officer #political

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#bit #could #discovered #get #heard

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#fiction #i #learned #me #parts