"I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out."

-- Glenn Close

#Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The white men despise the Indians, and drive them from their homes. But the Indians are not deceitful. The white men speak bad of the Indian, and look at him spitefully. But the Indian does not tell lies; Indians do not steal. An Indian, who is as bad as the white men, could not live in our nation; he would be put to death, and eat up by the wolves.”

Source : Quoted in Samuel G. Drake, Biography and History of the Indians of North America, 11th ed. (1841)
“The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.”
“What does God need with a starship?”
“Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.”

Source : Thomas Tusser (1812). “Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry”, p.25
“Just as every girl should have a husband, preferably her own, so every culture must have its state, preferably its own.”

Source : "The Coming of Nationalism and Its Interpretation: The Myths of Nation and Class in Mapping the Nation" by Ernest Gellner,
“As an artist and a songwriter myself, I like to feel connected to modern culture and watch how sounds change.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“It's just really making sure I am doing the best job I can do as a dad. I do think that is my No. 1 job.”
“He alone has lost the art to live who cannot win new friends.”

Source : Silas Weir Mitchell (1896). “The Collected Poems of S. Weir Mitchell”

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