"The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare."

-- Powers Boothe

#Years Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Actors Quotes

“You have to be proud of who you are.”

Source : Interview with Daniela Province, www.sfgate.com. April 12, 2009.
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

Source : "Friends" by Sharon Eakes, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 27, 2016.
“To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY, or do-it-yourself. Â The equation was simple: Â If punk was rebellious and DIY was rebellious, then doing it yourself was punk. Â 'Punk was about more than just starting a band,' former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt once said, 'it was about starting a label, it was about touring, it was about taking control. Â It was like songwriting; you just do it. Â You want a record, you pay the pressing plant. Â That's what it was all about.'”
“I feel like I see life differently. I see it as this amazing challenge that I look forward to every day. I never used to see life as that. It used to be just this thing you went through and had a good time. Now I have responsibilities to myself, my family, my fans that I have to uphold. It's more exciting this way and way more rewarding.”

Source : "Kris Allen Photo Shoot - JustJared.com Exclusive!". JustJared.com Interview, www.justjared.com. May 31, 2012.
“I can be so involved that I am no longer conscious of my needs or even of any pains. But there also have been many times when I felt the exhaustion - when it was physically painful, but I just couldn't stop.”
“Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase, "Emptiness is form." One should not think that these are two seperate things.”
“Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.”

Source : Julie Otsuka (2007). “When the Emperor Was Divine”, p.54, Anchor
“So from the housing standpoint, steady as you go, I think, would be the best medicine.”

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