Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
John Dalberg-Acton
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I came back to New York, it was such a joke because I was always referred to as the pure young poet who wasn't in it for what he could get out of it. And all of a sudden, the pure young poet comes back... and I'm hanging out with the Rolling Stones.
Jim Carroll
New YorkBackNewYoungOutPoet
I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.
Joely Fisher
NeverAlwaysBeenDidFigure
An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.
Max Planck
InnovationWinningDieImportantWay
I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.
Michael Haneke
ThinkingAudienceWatchFilmGive
I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.
Amanda de Cadenet
HomeChildrenCityWhitePut
I wake up. If I have a rehearsal, I go do that, and when I come back to the hotel, I sit down and turn on the laptop, 'cause I've got nothing to do without that!
RM
Wake UpHotelBackDownGoNothing
Instead of taking the reader by the hand and running him down the hill, I want to lead him into a house of many rooms, and leave him alone in each of them.
Mary Oliver
AloneHouseDownWantHillHand
The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.
Michael Sheen
YouActingSecretAct
I think my books are lighter and funnier than some of the big series out there. You may not walk away from my books having learned a life-altering lesson, but you will feel better for having laughed for a few hours. It's just a different style of writing.
Molly Harper
StyleWalkWritingThinkBetterYou
I miss L.A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.
Dominique McElligott
ChangeStormSunWeatherYouWill
If some guys couldn't stand the heat, then they didn't belong in the major leagues. I don't know anybody who refused the World Series checks I helped them get.
Dick Williams
WorldStandKnowHeatBelongGet
Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough.
Brennan Manning
GraceSomeoneEnoughFindTryEven
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