Constantin Stanislavski Quotes

Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.

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• I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Look
  • Got

• Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.

  

  Jack Herer
  • World
  • Religious
  • Creative

• I'm not the biggest comic book fan.

  

  Fran Kranz
  • Book
  • Fan
  • Comic

• I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.

  

  Washed Out
  • Music
  • Song
  • Inspiration

• I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.

  

  Farnaz Fassihi
  • May
  • Death
  • You

• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
  • Tough

• I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Success
  • Grateful
  • Divine

• I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.

  

  Gabrielle Anwar
  • Mother
  • Friend
  • Happiness

• 'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• I'm the best Twitterer.

  

  Dan Carter
  • Best

• Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Tough
  • Islam
  • Original

• Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Music
  • Fashion
  • Rock

• I always have the impression that I write the same book.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Book
  • Write
  • Same

• Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.

  

  Randy Falco
  • You
  • More
  • Where

• People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Like
  • Being

• Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Pretty
  • Powerful
  • Feel

• It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Good
  • You
  • Born

• I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Life
  • Travel
  • My Life

• I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

  

  John Green
  • City
  • Chicago

• Something traumatic happened to me when I was younger. I was with this old black woman, and she was very wise, very Alice Walker, The Color Purple...she looked at me and she says, 'Baby...you know I used to be able to fly but I can't fly no more, baby. But baby, you...? You too fat to fly.'

  

  Margaret Cho
  • She
  • Black
  • Wise

• Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality. Their works survive.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • People
  • Soul
  • Alone

• And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business.

  

  Christopher Gadsden
  • Business
  • Law
  • Fall

• Now that we all live in a bad '70s sci-fi movie, I am made to understand the tyranny of the machines every minute of every day.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Live
  • Movie
  • Machines

• Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.

  

  Constantin Stanislavski
  • Live
  • Simple