Abi Morgan Quotes

Of all the mediums, theatre is the one where you really need to have something to say - because it's just you, the words, and the space.

Abi Morgan

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• In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • English
  • Inspiration
  • Meaning

• So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.

  

  Sally Ride
  • You
  • Space
  • First

• Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust - or less than dust - in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Space
  • Stars
  • Sand

• The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Time
  • Career
  • House

• I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.

  

  Samuel Barnett
  • Want
  • Theatre
  • Cold

• It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Life
  • Time
  • Grief

• I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Words
  • Me
  • Inspired

• There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Up
  • Play
  • Theatre

• As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

  

  Barbara Cartland
  • Long
  • Space
  • Go

• Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Space
  • Acting
  • Places

• It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Theatre
  • Loved
  • Performance

• I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Character
  • Theatre
  • Transformation

• I think the adoption rate with respect to social media and how companies leverage that varies by the company. Cisco is probably a leader in the space. A lot of times, we actually use virtual ways to communicate our brand and do some of our advertising, first on the social space, then we do on physical advertising.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Respect
  • Space
  • Leader

• Today's kitchen is all about a well-planned space that makes cooking a completely interactive experience among family and friends.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Family
  • Experience
  • Friends

• People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • People
  • Today
  • Knowledge

• The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Earth
  • Space
  • Always

• I've choreographed all of my movies.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Movies

• The more evident it is that a certain company is going to become the market leader in a big market space, then the higher the valuation goes because the risk has been dramatically reduced.

  

  Audrey MacLean
  • Space
  • Risk

• What do we mean by "knowledge" or "understanding"? And how do billions of neurons achieve them? These are complete mysteries. Admittedly, cognitive neuroscientists are still very vague about the exact meaning of words like "understand," "think," and indeed the word "meaning" itself.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • Words
  • Knowledge
  • Understanding

• We are, even now, killing ourselves over ancient literature. Who would have thought something so tragically absurd could be possible?

  

  Sam Harris
  • Literature

• Cooking puts me at ease; it gives me control over what's happening, and I know that the finished product is gonna be good, so I'm gonna be satisfied. That's kind of how I keep myself grounded.

  

  Ashleigh Murray
  • Good
  • Control
  • Cooking

• If the main contribution that Christians make to culture is complaining about it, we're doing something wrong.

  

  Eric Metaxas
  • Culture
  • Complaining

• Of all the mediums, theatre is the one where you really need to have something to say - because it's just you, the words, and the space.

  

  Abi Morgan
  • Words
  • Space
  • Theatre