"I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory."

-- Earl Hines

#Ivory Quotes #Water Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.”

Source : Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1866). “Principles of Education, Drawn from Nature and Revelation, and Applied to Female Education in the Upper Classes”, p.406
“At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.”
“To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.”
“Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.”
“Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.”
“You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.”
“I played so bad, I got a get-well card from the IRS.”
“The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.”

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