Jack Lemmon Quotes
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.Jack Lemmon
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
Sam Heughan -
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
H. L. Mencken -
I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
Madhuri Dixit -
The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
Wendy Kopp -
I love Bridget Fonda.
Rachel Nichols -
I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
Nargis Fakhri
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
Haley Bennett -
I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
Felix Baumgartner -
I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
J. J. Watt -
In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.
Maira Kalman -
Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
Malorie Blackman -
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
Zach Johnson The Fray
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
Jackie Kennedy -
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
Yao Ming -
Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
Zoe Lister-Jones -
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
Han Fei -
My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
V. S. Naipaul
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Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
Dan Futterman -
We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses.
Jon Porter -
You can't win some people over.
Katee Sackhoff -
Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad to believe that the majority of persons do find their right vocation.
P. T. Barnum -
I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.
Max Irons -
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
Jack Lemmon