#zed

I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage. ↗

— Loretta Swit

#audience #because #character #develop #felt

War is not civilized. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#war

Everyone messes up in relationships and has peaks and valleys in their personal lives. When I realized it wasn't the end of the world and I would keep on standing, I knew it was going to be OK. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#end of the world #everyone #going #i #keep

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#majority #minority #organized #rule #seldom

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#became #because #been #big #big idea

Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too? ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#abuse #accountable #america #army #been

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all elements of national power should be utilized to influence other countries. ↗

— Ed Royce

#department #elements #idea #influence #mantra

Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#cube #demonstrated #down #i #impossible

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#big deal #childhood #childhood dream #deal #dream

After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#after #again #always #brain #chance