"I went to see "The Piano" with Holly Hunter when I was in a Paula Vogel play, and I was just gone. I couldn't focus at all. It took that creative part of my brain with it so absolutely."

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Source : "Cherry Jones, at the Peak of Her Powers". Interview with Alex Witchel, www.nytimes.com. September 20, 2013.

Cherry Jones

#Play Quotes #Piano Quotes #Focus Quotes

“The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique. And they get real sidetracked trying to think like everyone else. They don't realize that you have to motivate yourself to do things you want to do. Some people just like going along for the ride. And those are the kind of people I don't get along with too well.”
“At Disneyland, you never go backstage - even when youre in the bathroom.”
“Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.”
“I've had weight issues all my life. I've been on all the diets: Atkins, liquid protein, Scarsdale diet. Now I go to the gym often. I'm always on the StairMaster, and I do weights.”
“Get off my back, save a heart attack, ain't nobody humpin' around.”
“If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.”

Source : Kenneth Lee Pike (1982). “Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics”
“If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn't mean that you are living in the wrong country or at the wrong time. It simply means that you have the wrong plan.”
“Learn everything you know in all keys.”

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