Darin Strauss Quotes
A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players, policeman scribbling in pads and making radio calls, witnesses crimping their faces, EMS guys folding equipment.
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I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.
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We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others.
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Hard writing makes easy reading.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
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You need to talk about sex with a sense of humor, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people.
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I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
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My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.
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There's nothing like success.
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It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'
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An Olympic gold medal is something that almost seems like a fantasy. Yes, of course I want it, since I was a little kid, before I even knew what the World Cup tour was.
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I am very happy with what I see. The grey, the not-so grey and the camouflaged That's life. One has to live with it.
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It is ridiculous that British troops are here in Crossmaglen. The claim is that they're in Ireland keeping the peace between the two communities. But there is only one community in South Armagh, so what the heck are they doing here?
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I felt that one of the things God impressed on me was that I needed to start a nonprofit corporation, so that any money that came my way, whether it was an honorarium, a book sale or a gift, would go into a nonprofit ministry.
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The role of a chef isn't to reinvent dishes but to tweak.
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I have the courage of my convictions.
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When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale.
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Time limits are fictional. Losing all sense of time is actually the way to reality. We use clocks and calendars for convenience sake, not because that kind of time is real.
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A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also.
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We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.
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I always tell people when it's time to make a decision to stay or go [at a job], if it's a difficult decision, you should stay. If it's an easy decision, you should go.
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A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players, policeman scribbling in pads and making radio calls, witnesses crimping their faces, EMS guys folding equipment.
