Linda Vester Quotes
But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass.
Quotes to Explore
-
I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
-
The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
-
I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
-
The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
-
In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
-
I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
-
The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
-
Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
-
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
-
VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
-
There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
-
I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
-
I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
-
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
-
In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
-
I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
-
Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
-
I like to laugh and make people have fun.
-
For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life.
-
Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
-
The State can always afford to finance what its citizens can soundly produce.
-
I used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.
-
We set out to become a band for our time. But sometimes if you do a good-enough job, you become a band for all time.
-
But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass.
