"Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days."

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Source : "Merritt Wever: ‘Nurse’ Zoey May Have Secrets of Her Own". Interview with Jackie Strause, pagesix.com. July 31, 2009.

Merritt Wever

#Giving Quotes #Guests Quotes #Broadway Quotes

“it sucks to get old...but there's always beer”

Source : James Rollins (2008). “Map of Bones”, p.57, Hachette UK
“If there's one thing I've learned, it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.”

Source : Robin Jones Gunn (2009). “Sierra Jensen Collection”, p.329, Multnomah
“No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate. Don't settle for the easiest combination of words. Go searching instead for those that explain exactly what you think. What you feel.”

Source : Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
“I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.”

Source : "Ben Vereen: Usher’s Godfather Continues to Evolve". Interview with Greg Archer, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2012.
“Under Medicare right now, I get paid to put a pacemaker in you, but I don't get paid to counsel you about end-of-life care.”

Source : "Op-Ed: Cut Health Care Spending On The Elderly". "Talk of the Nation" with Rebecca Roberts, www.npr.org. August 17, 2009.
“Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second. It is as if their lifeblood ran in different directions.”

Source : Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.26, Harper Collins
“Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.”

Source : Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words: Why Leadership is Great Beyond Words”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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