Lea Salonga Quotes

The nice thing about doing a pop opera - in the way that doing, say, 'Miss Saigon' or 'Les Miz' would be - is that, because the convention is set from the beginning that this is an opera and everything is sung, there is never that feeling of 'Why is this person bursting out into song?' because the whole thing is sung.

Lea Salonga

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The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.

Jack Vance
- Good
- Writing
- Pretty
Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.

Vincent Cassel
- Work
- Important
- Family
What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.

Haile Gebrselassie
- Work
- Hope
- Me
African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Country
- Beginning
- Been
Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

Taylor Swift
- Feeling
- Alone
- Singing
I must've been a bird in some previous lifetime. I feel like I'm called to flying - the convenience and the beauty of it. That feeling of soaring would be empowering.

Rachel Keller
- Feeling
- Beauty
- Bird