Patti LuPone Quotes
New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I initially moved to the city, I had to stay in hotels for almost two years. I was fed up of that life, and it was then that I decided that I wanted a home in the city, so I shifted base permanently.
-
My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
-
Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
-
I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
-
I don't care about revenues.
-
Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
-
I don't look at myself as suffering.
-
My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
-
Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men.
-
I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
-
If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
-
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
-
Home is where your rump rests.
-
The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
-
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
-
The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
-
The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
-
I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.
-
I think I'm getting better at being verbal. I used to have a lot of problems with it. I had my own little demons that I was fighting, and I used the banjo as an escape.
-
There's no real network, and every city in Mississippi is so spread out, so it isn't easy to drive around and pass out CDs. So when an artist from Natchez or Gold Coast or Meridian breaks out, they already know exactly what kind of artist they want to be. The grind and the hustle is just so adamant.
-
I receive them only when he thinks I deserve it - I have to work for them!
-
Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil.
-
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! ...just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
-
New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.
