Renata Tebaldi (Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
-
I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
-
They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
-
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
-
History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
-
Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.
-
I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
-
I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
-
I am a self-critical perfectionist.
-
I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
-
You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
-
I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.
-
I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
-
Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.
-
Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit.
-
When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
-
I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
-
When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.
-
Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward.
-
When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.
-
The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
-
I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone. I don't mean to sound Zen, but genuinely, when I stopped competing with anything is when I started enjoying my work, and that brought out the best in me. I'm living in a universe of my own, and I'm enjoying that. I love to appreciate other people's work.
-
I was in love many times. This is very good for a woman.
