"I felt that I really couldn't be creative with opera. You're supposed to sound this way here. You're supposed to crescendo here. You're supposed to do that. I had no sense of identity while singing that kind of music."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Alex Winston

#Creative Quotes #Singing Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Fire is always ready to burn the hand it warms.”
“No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.”
“Women's stories are as powerful, inspiring, and terrifying as the goddess herself. And in fact, these are the stories of the goddess. As women, we know her because we are her. Each woman, no matter how powerless she might feel, is a cell within her vast form, an embodiment of her essence, and each woman's story is a chapter in the biography of the sacred feminine.”

Source : Jalaja Bonheim (1997). “Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul”, p.25, Simon and Schuster
“If a train doesnâ€™t stop at your station, itâ€™s simply because itâ€™s not your train. Donâ€™t try to flag down the conductor and convince them to stop there, even if their own map says that they should just keep going. You may not realize it, but thereâ€™s another train trying to come toward you, unable to get into your station because a train that doesnâ€™t even belong there is being delayed there by your intensity.”
“So basically, I don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe I do.”
“I am sorry," I whispered. "I am sorry for all of the ways that I failed you. I am sorry that I was not there to save you, or to die alongside you. I am sorry that I have kept you with me for so long, trapped in my heart, bound in sorrow and remorse. I forgive you too. I forgive you for leaving me, and I forgive you for returning. I forgive you your anger, and your grief. Let this be an end to it.”

Source : John Connolly (2012). “The John Connolly Collection #2: The White Road, The Black Angel, and The Unquiet”, p.1300, Simon and Schuster
“I've always been privileged to play for Coach Belichick, who I've always said is the best coach in the history of the league.”
“I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there werent a whole lot of rules.”

Source : "Playing Buck Hunter with Diego Klattenhoff of Homeland and The Blacklist". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. September 27, 2013.

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