Andrew Lloyd Webber Quotes

The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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• One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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• It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Up
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• I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Space
  • Years
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• If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.

  

  Ted Turner
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• It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Reality
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• I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.

  

  Sam Yagan
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• I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.

  

  Gavin DeGraw
  • Live
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  • Bus

• I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

  

  Rand Paul
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• I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • Great
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• I don't eat sugar. I eat fruit.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Eat
  • Fruit
  • Sugar

• I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets.

  

  Barry Eisler
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• An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.

  

  Yair Lapid
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• It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.

  

  Karen Carpenter The Carpenters
  • People
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• Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • World
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  • Now

• As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
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• Lawyer even sounds like liar.

  

  Walter Mosley
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• The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.

  

  Arthur Balfour
  • Done

• When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.

  

  Billy Corgan The Smashing Pumpkins

• I was a mime. I'm not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.

  

  Kerry Bishe
  • Training
  • Chicago

• Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.

  

  Edwin Land
  • Science

• The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.

  

  Otis Williams The Temptations
  • Today
  • Stand
  • Left

• I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.

  

  Abbey Lincoln
  • Work
  • Truth
  • Forever

• I grew up dancing, and for a while in college, I was a gym rat. I finally realized... I'm going to create a little more balance in my life and make exercise something that I enjoy doing. So I went back to dance when I started doing more musical theatre, and I've just found that it's the best thing that works for my body.

  

  Christine Lakin
  • Life
  • Up
  • College

• The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Theatre