Keith Johnstone Quotes
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
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While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
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You spend five months filming in outer space and saving the world, and suddenly that kind of family unit and story disappears, and you come crashing back down to Earth, and you have to do your own washing... and most actors are insecure that the last job they did will be their last job ever.
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Art, at least, teaches us that man cannot be explained by history alone and that he also finds a reason for his existence in the order of nature.
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A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
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Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here.
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I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym.
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My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level.
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Like all food, whether you're talking about Persian food, or Chinese food, or Swedish food, it's always a reflection of wars, trading, a bunch of good and a bunch of bad. But what's left is always the food story.
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I wish I had more time to read. I do love books.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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Atari collapsed in '84, and I went freelance, and that was when I started spreading out and doing my own thing. I really cut loose and did a game called 'Trust and Betrayal', which was the first game solely about interpersonal relationships.
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It is difficult to be creative and enthusiastic about anything for which we do not feel affection.
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So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics?
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Obviously, not the biggest guy in stature. Straight-line speed wasn't my forte either. But I play very fast because I know the game. I take proper angles and know all my assignments.
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
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We'd all like to be certain of what we know, but I think the most important question is to ask yourself do you really know what you know?
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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Once I find a bag that I love, I wear it always. I just don't change my bags. I literally find one and stay with it.
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What a woman does or does not do to her face is personal. And as with most other things, makeup or a lack thereof can serve as either a prison or a fortress commanded by the mind: you can become a slave to it, or it can set you free.
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None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public.
