Bernard Sahlins Quotes
I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time, and in the end, the audience is not interested in how you got there but in what you're saying. The more clearly and concisely and artistically you say it, the more effective it is.Bernard Sahlins
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
Jack Davenport -
Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
Warren Buffett -
Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
Mads Mikkelsen -
In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
P. J. O'Rourke -
I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
J. Michael Straczynski
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
Adam Green -
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
Nadia Comaneci -
I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
Usain Bolt -
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Ovid -
Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
Kaley Cuoco -
Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
Vanessa Marcil
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
Irene Rosenfeld -
It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
Hank Azaria -
When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the guy behind the camera directing everybody, but they were all very silly little shorts and comedy bits.
Dan Fogler -
We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
Mae Jemison -
The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
Gary Johnson -
In the end, I play a lot of friends and I really think it's about time that some ethnic girls get out there in the lead part. So we're developing something.
Rachel True
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.
Kevin P. Ryan -
An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.
Anna Kendrick -
Lately, I'm spending more and more time working with non-rock musicians and leaving the mainstream - almost dissolving into another world, musically.
Robert Plant Led Zeppelin -
Filming typically takes a bit away from the climbing experience, since you have to stop all the time and shoot.
Alex Honnold -
I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time, and in the end, the audience is not interested in how you got there but in what you're saying. The more clearly and concisely and artistically you say it, the more effective it is.
Bernard Sahlins