#vita

The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable. ↗

— David Mamet

#civilisation #did #discover #discovery #drama

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable. ↗

— Horace Mann

#also #call #evil #how #inevitable

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#circumstances #detected #dim #effect #equipment

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#corps #countries #currently #ever #field

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#diplomacy #element #force #inevitable #means

I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#being #bullied #did #elders #feeling

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour. ↗

— Theresa May

#behaviour #crime #inevitable #nothing

If I have to climb to heaven on a ladder, I shall decline the invitation. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#decline #heaven #i #invitation #ladder

A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. ↗

— Ward McAllister

#attend #before #die #dinner #invitation

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ↗

— Kent McCord

#consideration #courtesy #fan #far #feelings