#polis

Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored. ↗

— Lord Byron

#bores #formed #mighty #now #polished

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#glad #i #i can #myself #polished

Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are. ↗

— Caroline Corr

#grubby #hide #how #i #nail

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#changing #contempt #eventually #expanding #find

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#came #first #had #i #like

When Jim Irsay called me five years ago, he told me, 'I want you to be our coach and help us win the Super Bowl.' He told me, 'We are going win it the right way. We are going to win it with great guys; win it with class and dignity. We are going to win it in a way that will make Indianapolis proud.' ↗

— Tony Dungy

#bowl #called #class #coach #dignity

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#budget #committed #filmmaking #find #funds

Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#anything #became #being #did #else

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#because #broadcasters #could #europe #film

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#changed #changes #focus #great #had