What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.
The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.
I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.
When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock itself comes from the commercial exploitation of the blues.
I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.
It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole art thing. They just wanted me to concentrate on the music. But they respect it now.
What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
But my lazy lack of faith, my in-vogue atheism, has taken away the safety net hanging beneath our children's lives.
I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.
I want my time to be taken up by chores, errands, appointments, and arguments. In other words, I want to get married.
Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well.
It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck... Luck was always part of it, one way or another
Ethan didn't mind his blood being taken - he just disliked the fact that it had to be sucked through a needle in order to do it.
I frequently feel I'm being taken advantage of merely because I'm asked to do the work I'm paid to do.
He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.
making the most of every second, because seconds became minute sand minutes became precious when life could be taken in less than a breath.
Can't you see? Every step I have taken, since I was that child on the bridge, has been to bring myself closer to you.
Even though he knew both of their hearts were taken by others, he recognized beauty when he saw it and appreciated it as any male would.
I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.
