Idina Menzel Quotes
I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I have a great office.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.
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It might not look it but rocking in a corset is harder than you think.
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When I first started out acting, I didn't have anything to lose. I had another career. If I fell on my face, I could say, 'I'll see ya,' and go back to working.
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From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.
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After high school, I went to Stanford University and majored in English. Of course, that gave me a chance to do lots more reading and writing. I also received degrees in London and Dublin - where I moved to be near a charming Irishman who became my husband!
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
