Alan Ball Quotes
As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'
Alan Ball
Quotes to Explore
Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
Ildar Abdrazakov
Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
Ralph Richardson
We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
Mao Zedong
I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
Laura Osnes
Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
Tanc Sade
There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
M.I.A.
You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react.
Nelly
I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.
Mary Hart
I used all that doubt as fuel for my own music, fuel for my drive to succeed.
Jody Watley
Shalamar
In my first year or so at the 'Post,' I began to write with some frequency on the least important issues - so-called light editorials. The titles themselves are revealing of just how light: 'On Being a Horse,' 'Brains and Beauty,' 'Mixed Drinks,' 'Lou Gehrig,' and 'Spotted Fever.'
Katharine Graham
As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'
Alan Ball