Adrian Matejka Quotes
One of the things I took from the show was emotional possibility. I never thought I would type that I learned how to emote in poems from watching Star Trek but there it is.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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There are always some doubts when you do a new album though. You wonder whether you succeeded or not, especially when you waited as long as I did for this one - seven years. You're never really sure if it will be a nice record or not.
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Salesmen always need something to sell.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don't have any nails to manicure, and it takes me 30 minutes to get ready for a night out, as long as I've decided what to wear first.
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.
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It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.
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They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist.
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There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
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'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued that the Bush administration had been advancing each one.
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I never intended for the Sex Pistols to be immeasurably successful.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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You have to be a little commercial, and that's what I learnt over the years.
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I'm from a family of teachers. My father would drown me in the bathtub if my daughter didn't graduate from college. I don't care who she is or what she does. Just get the diploma.
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Most historians don't much like generalizations. Indeed, they make a trade of showing that this or that generalization about the past will not work here or there or then.
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I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.
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If I had to name my own sub-genre, I'd probably call it ska-folk because I think that sounds pretty cool, but that's a pretty narrow way to classify what I do as far as I can judge.
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Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.
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Watch people, because you can fake for a long time, but one day you're gonna show yourself to be a phony.
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I love performing ! It's true that you're only as good as your last show. You have to keep testing yourself and keep that lump in your throat before you go on.
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One of the things I took from the show was emotional possibility. I never thought I would type that I learned how to emote in poems from watching Star Trek but there it is.
