Ian Mckellen Quotes
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's just us and the audience.Ian Mckellen
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
Malik Jackson -
It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
Sam Shepard -
I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
Jack Kilmer -
Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
Wayne Newton -
It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I want to have an impact on my son.
Orlando Bloom
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Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.
Jack Prelutsky -
I'm a man without a corporation.
Paddy Chayefsky -
(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
Tallulah Bankhead -
To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
Daniel Barenboim -
What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
Barney Frank -
As we've learned in 1941, national emergencies can create strange bedfellows.
Dan Coats
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
Yuri Milner -
I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
T. J. Miller -
Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.
Tammy Baldwin -
Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
Victor LaValle -
You American people worry too much about the China economy. Every time you think China is a problem, we get better, but when you have a high expectation for China, China is always a problem.
Jack Ma -
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
Abigail Adams
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Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.
Sarah Ban Breathnach -
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
Charles Baudelaire -
I sang in a group for four years, and you just kind of get used to it. You don't really think about being by yourself.
Luis Fonsi -
Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law enforcement agencies.
Jacob Zuma -
In the theatre, the actor is in total control. The director wasn't in the house last night, the designer wasn't there, the author's dead. It's just us and the audience.
Ian Mckellen