#ole

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#mastery #me #my own #own #sole

You look at the pillars of the state: politics, the media, police, lawyers - they've all got their formal role, and then nestling above that is that power elite who are networked in through soft, social links, that are actually running the show. Why didn't I know that 10 years ago, and why didn't I rail against it? Why did I become part of it? ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#actually #against #ago #become #did

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money. ↗

— Kristy Swanson

#lot #make #money #my own #own

There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time. ↗

— Michael Emerson

#because #begin #begins #blocks #building

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#develop #empathy #imagination #opens #powers

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#i #lasting #maintain #nothing #useful

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#aimed #casualties #dealt #election #freedom

If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be a bit of a wimp. I love the baddies. More important, though, is making the baddies somehow, weirdly, understood. ↗

— Mark Strong

#baddies #before #bit #fall #ferdinand

That's the whole point of... of prosecutorial discretion in the judicial system. It's finding a just outcome in an individual case. ↗

— Andrew Thomas

#discretion #finding #individual #judicial #judicial system

I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV. ↗

— Sam Waterston

#lot #news #obsessed #sort #syndrome