"I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra."

-- Stephen Sondheim

#Believe Quotes #Giving Quotes #Acting Quotes

“I would like to do a part that would stretch me. In America it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that.”
“We did decide that every addict in this film, Warning: This Drug May Kill You, would be someone who started out with a prescription for an opioid from a doctor. The story that hadn't been told is that the vast majority - somewhere around 80 percent - of current ***** users began with an addiction to prescription opioids. So as much as people might want to look at this and say, 'Oh this is really a ***** problem,' yes, it is a ***** problem, and no one is saying differently, but it starts more often than not with a prescription.”
“I like spontaneity and intelligence in a girl. Nothing is more attractive to me than someone who has a good sense of who she is and can hold her own in a conversation.”
“My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.”
“Democracy is the common pursuit of mankind, and all countries must earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people.”
“I just enjoy the ride while I have it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“History has taught us: never underestimate the amount of money, time, and effort someone will expend to thwart a security system. It's always better to assume the worst. Assume your adversaries are better than they are. Assume science and technology will soon be able to do things they cannot yet. Give yourself a margin for error. Give yourself more security than you need today. When the unexpected happens, you'll be glad you did.”
“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”

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