Andrea Bocelli Quotes

I have big, big stage fright.

Andrea Bocelli

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• I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • God
  • Different
  • History

• Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • People
  • Technology
  • Government

• I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Movies
  • Discover
  • Observer

• I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Up
  • Childhood
  • Grow

• There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Think
  • Space
  • Volunteer

• Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.

  

  Otto Rank
  • Give
  • Birth
  • Shalt

• The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Experience
  • Nice
  • Bonus

• And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.

  

  Eddie Campbell
  • Movie
  • You
  • Look

• I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Strong
  • Running
  • City

• For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Life
  • Good
  • Family

• When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.

  

  Yann Tiersen
  • Time
  • Want
  • Free

• I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Wife
  • Road
  • Stupid

• I don't believe being gay is something you can change, no more than you can change the color of your hair or your eyes. Well, I dye my hair, so maybe that's not the best example. But your eyes!

  

  Patricia Polacco
  • Believe
  • Change
  • Eyes

• Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Character
  • Conspiracy

• With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Up
  • Good
  • Me

• When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.

  

  Ice Cube
  • People
  • Good
  • Know

• Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Democracy
  • Values
  • Liberty

• Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • You
  • Waiting
  • Nothing

• That Monday after we lost to Washington, that's when everything hit the fan. But instead of succumbing to the environment at that particular time, it was more or less, 'What are we going to do to make this thing turn around?' We decided we had a lot more football to play, and what a story it would be if we turned it around and made the playoffs. And we did just that.

  

  Eddie George
  • Football
  • Environment
  • Story

• I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.

  

  Elisabeth Moss
  • Star
  • Famous
  • Daughter

• Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.

  

  Ryan Adams
  • Writing
  • Trying
  • Song

• We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

  

  Mitch Albom
  • Things
  • Common
  • Going

• All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.

  

  Chris Weitz
  • Happy
  • Movie

• I have big, big stage fright.

  

  Andrea Bocelli