#par

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#break #cable #difficult #directors #easier

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#development #diplomatic #directed #experts #house

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. ↗

— Anwar Sadat

#big #big family #family #hope #many

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#obeys #paradise #petty #politician #republic

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#before #blunt #christmas #country #figure

Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#behavior #being #bind #comes #could

Only the paranoid survive. ↗

— Andy Grove

#paranoid #survive

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 thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#lose #prepare #speech #thought #would

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