"All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be.There was nowhere else I wanted to go. TV was of no interest. Films were just a fantasy. Yet I was convinced that when we found ourselves in that world of fantasy and sci-fi, it was our classical background and our training that equipped us for that larger-than life-world."

-- Patrick Stewart

#Training Quotes #Acting Quotes #World Quotes

“There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself, you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else.”
“If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family bond that you have. In fact, I've talked about this with therapists, especially if you're talking about a relationship, because when you're with somebody, you're going to your family, and she's alone.”
“I need work. I still audition for work. I dont get offered things out of nowhere. I have to work hard, still, and I get a lot of rejections. It just goes on and on.”
“Some blessings have been ours in the past, and these may be repeated or even multiplied.”
“One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.”
“By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments.”

Source : Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.22, Simon and Schuster
“Nothing good ever happens in a blackout. I've never woken up and been like, 'What is this Pilates mat doing out?'”
“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Jul 23, 2012

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