Peter Brook Quotes
It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise.
Quotes to Explore
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it's a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
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Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.
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I don't have any regrets at all.
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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.
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I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.
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In the early stages of wealth, up to 10 years after individuals became very rich, they display a bit of reluctance to spend money. It's a lot easier rationalizing spending a lot for a house.
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I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing.
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It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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It takes a long while for a director to cease thinking in terms of the result he desires and instead concentrate on discovering the source of energy in the actor from which true impulses arise.
