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The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.


William Falconer


#before #contrived #great #great strain #ground

The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired.


William Falconer


#acquiring #advance #any #attained #degree

And I was very comfortable with this band even when we disagreed. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to disagree with somebody. When everything happened, it just was really confusing. It's like our weaknesses were nurtured and brought out front by outsiders.


Edie Brickell


#brought #comfortable #confusing #disagree #disagreed

What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it.


Jeff Bridges


#behaved #brought #came #father #him

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.


Jeff Bridges


#difficult #directors #first #first time #getting

The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.


Elia Kazan


#escape #life #people #physical #place

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.


John Bright


#consent #considered #even #fully #gained

A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament at Turin, seven being its fair share, calculated according to the population of the various cities and districts of the Sardinian kingdom.


John Bright


#ago #being #calculated #cities #city

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.


David Brin


#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.


Jon Brion


#as far as #because #concerned #done #far