Richard Rodgers Quotes
It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.
Quotes to Explore
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.
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What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.
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Money often costs too much.
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There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.
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The Russians often took advantage of Lend-Lease.
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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I knew that Chelsea was a club that changed its manager reasonably often.
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How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the length.
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People love to drop in 'you betcha' as often as they can.
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
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I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.
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The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation.
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We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve.
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I often don't read reviews.
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I often say, if I wasn't part of the show I'd be a huge fan of it.
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At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel really stagnant, waiting for a part. I was also taking classes at UCB and Groundlings, and at the higher levels, they focus on writing. It was such a relief to be able to write. During those programs, I wrote a one-woman show called Me, Myself, and Iran, and it ended up getting to Tina Fey. She recommended me to audition for SNL, so I got my first of two auditions through her.
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There is no need to express art in terms of nature. It can perfectly well be expressed in terms of geometry and the exact sciences.
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I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the activity of God and His angels. I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically. I believe that true education in the art of dance is education of the whole man.
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One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists mainly through academic channels. Students are exposed to her novels, and some read her, then, on their own, but some also go to grad school: teach her, write about her, keep her going.
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There's always a lot of pressure with big projects and so as a writer you have to be robust and flexible, with a tough hide.
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It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.
