"I was studying acting in New York, and wasn't being hired by anyone to do anything other than to work in an Oriental rug warehouse."

-- Thomas F. Wilson

#New York Quotes #Work Quotes #Acting Quotes

“I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in the New York school.”
“When you're dancing the mystical dance of the molecules, you're not the one who's leading.”

Source : "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe". Play by Jane Wagner, 1985.
“I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose.”
“Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world, I was inspired to write my ***** off. But that is not what happens. What happens is we lie around in bed eating chocolate and screwing. Art is what happens when things don't work out, when you're licking your wounds. Art is, to a larger extent than people would like to think, a productive licking of the wounds.”

Source : Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.38, Algonquin Books
“Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.”
“Heredity proposes and development disposes.”
“Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.”
“I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.”

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