The World Motivation
It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
“It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.”
— Learned Hand · Choosing
It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.
A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.
It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.
Since reading 'Sophie's Choice,' I have been haunted by the agonizing idea of choosing between two children.
No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words.
The president does not have the option of choosing which laws he will follow and which he will ignore.
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Pretty much everything that I pick, when it comes to choosing roles, is just based on things and materials that grabs me. It's pretty much the subject matter that I gravitate towards.