Philip Massinger Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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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 just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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Fashion Week is like Christmas.
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Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
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The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.
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I love the me I am with him. I’m the girl who has Dave. I’m Lauren, Dave’s girlfriend. I’m someone better than Lauren Smith, who no one noticed till Dave came along. The thing is, that girl isn’t me and I know it. But when I’m with him, I feel like I could be her. That if something in me was just–I don’t know, shifted a little or something, smoothed down–people would think of me the way they think of Dave, and everything would always be perfect. I would be perfect.
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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.
