Door Quotes

• I was 28 before I started putting on productions. I got in the back door by doing fringe shows and a lot of assisting, and I learned on the job. There weren't many female directors when I was starting out. I slowly gained confidence and understanding of the theater, but on my own terms.

  

  Marianne Elliott
  • Job
  • Understanding
  • Confidence

• When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • School
  • Dog
  • Door

• I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments was a slamming door. The slamming door was our punctuation mark.

  

  Mario Batali
  • Family
  • Profound
  • Italian

• Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Up
  • Love
  • Acting

• Let's bang the gong and chime for more Asian superheroes. The gatekeepers can certainly open the door - there's a wealth of East Asian talent around, and that needs to be tapped into.

  

  Benedict Wong
  • Door

• I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Girl

• All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.

  

  Cormac McCarthy
  • Time
  • Door

• Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Why
  • Speak
  • Distance

• Well when I woke up this morning,There was a note upon my door, Said don't make me no coffee Babe,'Cause I won't be back no more, And that's all she wrote, Dear John, I've sent your saddle home.

  

  Hank Williams
  • Up
  • Home
  • She

• When I am going out, I am in ponytail, jeans, tees. I am just like any girl-next-door. Beauty is not external; it's internal. When you are a happy soul, you would be beautiful any time.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Time
  • Happy
  • Soul

• I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • People
  • Me
  • Door

• If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • You
  • Door
  • Sugar

• Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door.

  

  Mark Kelly
  • Up
  • Help
  • Door

• It was only when I started to dig my heels in that I started to realize that's what I needed to do - that nobody was going to open the door for me, that I had to make some space.

  

  Dave Holland
  • Space
  • Door

• It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • Think
  • You
  • Door

• Do I have any advice for someone new to No. 10? Never open the door in your nightie. And that everybody has to adjust to it in a way that's right for their family.

  

  Cherie Blair
  • Family
  • Door
  • Advice

• Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

  

  Patrick Ewing
  • Door
  • Step
  • First Step

• When the door closes you have two choices. Give up, or keep going. Let them shut you down or prove them wrong. We all start somewhere. It's where you end up that counts. Grammy 2013

  

  Rihanna
  • Up
  • Choices
  • Door

• Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.

  

  Tamra Davis
  • People
  • Time
  • School

• I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Believe
  • Women
  • Myself

• I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Man
  • Girl
  • Confused

• When I was a kid, I had a period in my life when I was eight or nine when I was so scared of dying that I wouldn't go out of our house for a whole year. I refused to step out of the door because I thought something would happen. I had all these compulsive thoughts or whatever, and my head was really messed up.

  

  Jens Lekman
  • Life
  • Up
  • House

• A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.

  

  Joan Lunden
  • Life
  • Different
  • Door

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