David Alan Basche Quotes
I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and unbridled enjoyment in every moment of what he was doing was overwhelming.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.
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My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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Pain is never permanent.
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I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
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The A.N.C. was established in 1912 and the S.A. Communist Party in 1921, and so there has been an overlapping of membership all along the line.
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To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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In Colombia, we have a lot of passion.
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I have a passion for my work, and that sometimes triggers creative conflicts.
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Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
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My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
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I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and unbridled enjoyment in every moment of what he was doing was overwhelming.
