George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.George Bernard Shaw
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
Zoe Kravitz -
What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
Kate Moss -
When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
Kate Forsyth -
As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
Randy Wayne -
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
Gay Talese -
Look good, feel good, play good.
Jacob deGrom
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
Wanda Sykes -
It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
Yolandi Visser -
In memoir, you have to be particularly careful not to alienate the reader by making the material seem too lived-in. It mustn't have too much of the smell of yourself, otherwise the reader will be unable to make it her own.
Rachel Cusk -
Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
Nargis Fakhri -
But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.
Patricia Clarkson -
If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
Laura Wasser
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
G-Eazy -
The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented.
L. Neil Smith -
I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
Walter Cronkite -
The Heartland Institute, which people mostly only know in terms of the fact that it hosts these annual conferences of climate change skeptics or deniers, it's important to know that the Heartland Institute is first and foremost a free market think tank. It's not a scientific organization.
Naomi Klein -
I've always had very catholic tastes.
Ian Mckellen -
Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn't exist. I don't even think the word 'gay' was in existence.
Larry Kramer
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Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands.
George Packer -
Every sport has its dangers. I've been pretty lucky, knock on wood. But I've had really confident, brave and smart horses growing up, which I think is important when you're young. You are working with massive animals over big fences, and especially at this top level, there is really no room for error.
Jessica Springsteen -
To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.
Charles Bukowski -
My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.
Khabib Nurmagomedov -
I happily claim expertise in no single aspect of climbing, which is what has kept the passion burning hot all these years.
Alex Lowe -
Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.
George Bernard Shaw