The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful. Ezra Taft Benson Read Quote
I’m glad I didn’t know how much patience entrepreneurship required. It took some time to turn that into a strength of mine, so that would’ve presented an obstacle when I was younger. Reshma Saujani Read Quote
I have to have a passionate connection to my films, which I do with ‘Justice League Dark.’ I have a way into the story that’s personal, the way I have a connection to ‘The Wall.’ Doug Liman Read Quote
That’s what I considered Cuba to be… the most loving place I’ve ever been in my life. And the fact that there’s no crime. You walk in the street at any time, and you feel like nothing is going to happen. Walshy Fire Read Quote
Most trolls are seeking attention by trying to get a response. So best is to ignore. Shenaz Treasury Read Quote
Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story. Alice Munro Read Quote
After the Revolution in ’49, all the films were propaganda. They serviced the government and carried the message that the government wants to relay to the people. But I think, in the last 10 years, because the film market is opening and there’s an expansion of all the cinemas in China, it’s now a lot like Hollywood productions. Wong Kar-wai Read Quote
Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
I think actors get paid a lot and technicians don’t get paid enough and I think that it should change because a good film, which is like a complete package, needs every single member of that team. I think we need to pay them more. Zoya Akhtar Read Quote
That’s kind of my job in the writer’s room. I’m always the guy going, like, ‘People wouldn’t say that there. They wouldn’t say that.’ Like, I hate when I watch sitcoms and something crazy happens, and people just kind of go, ‘Huh?’ and then they just go on. Bill Burr Read Quote
