Jane Alexander Quotes
I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
-
'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
-
But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
-
I can't predict whether I'll leave here freely or in handcuffs.
-
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
-
The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
-
It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
-
Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
-
I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
-
Based on a lifetime of observations and a few decades in the markets, I understand that societies, beliefs and fashions all move in long arcs of time. We call these arcs several things: cycles, periods, eras.
-
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
-
American music culture is black culture.
-
You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.
-
I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
-
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way.
-
That's hot.
-
Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
-
Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.
-
I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
-
The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
-
How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.
-
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
-
I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
-
I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.
