Brett Gelman Quotes
At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.Brett Gelman
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want to be known as an item dancer. I want to be known as an actress only.
Nargis Fakhri -
Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
Oscar de la Renta -
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
Edgar Lee Masters -
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
Ferdinand de Saussure -
But if you listen to great piano players, both classical and jazz, there's a huge range of dynamics and colors and emotional expression that's possible with the instrument.
Gary Burton -
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
Adam Hochschild
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The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.
G. Willow Wilson -
It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
Samantha Power -
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
Jackie Kennedy -
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
Randy Newman -
Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.
Harold Prince -
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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Language usage always has a political context.
Jackson Katz -
I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
Larry Craig -
My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights.
Maajid Nawaz -
I'm not gonna play a part that doesn't instill some kind of fear in me. If I read a part, and suddenly, I'm thinking halfway through, 'I'm not sure I could get away with this,' I think of everything I can think of to keep me from doing it, that's the one I should do.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
There's an electrical thing about movies.
Oliver Stone -
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
Carl von Clausewitz
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A big section of our audience is young and female. Housewives like our love songs, but then again, everyone likes to dream about love.
Darren Hayes Savage Garden -
I would say it was the directors. We have to give credit to the directors for this, because in the script, we just said, "Gru's Minions do this or do that" in the initial draft. And then, they came up with the characters' design and the philosophical concept of the Minions. And then, we started writing to that. We have to give a lot of credit to them.
Cinco Paul -
My mum and dad used to make me stand up at dinner parties and sing to their friends.
Sam Smith -
I haven't gone home with anybody who tried to pick me up in a long time.
Jorja Fox -
At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.
Brett Gelman