Aphra Behn Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
-
I think beauty can be everywhere.
-
It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
-
I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
-
I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
-
I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
-
People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
-
I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
-
In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
-
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
-
I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
-
Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
-
I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
-
When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
-
I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
-
We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.
-
I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
-
Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
-
We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year.
-
Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
-
Practice puts brains in your muscles.
-
There is one particular argument that I call our 'ancient war.' If it could be summed up in one phrase, it would be, 'You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like to be me living with you.' There is such truth in that statement. None of us can really appreciate what it is like to be the other person, what that point of view feels like.
-
I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
-
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
