"In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living."

-- Sam Shepard

#Real Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Alive Quotes

“But persistent name calling? that prolongs hurt. It stretches out. Each nasty word stretches the rubber band further away until finally, one day, it snaps back at you with maximum impact”

Source : Randa Abdel-Fattah (2010). “Ten Things I Hate about Me”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.
“We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation.”

Source : Edward Sapir (1949). “Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays”, p.69, Univ of California Press
“Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.”
“So far as musical pedagogy is concerned - And by extension of musical creation - Nadia Boulanger is the most influential person who ever lived”
“I came to Paris with four Ã©cus in my pocket, and Iâ€™d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.”
“Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.”
“One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.”
“Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.”

Source : "Legendary Oscar-Winner Bernardo Bertolucci’s Career Celebrated at MoMA". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 2, 2011.

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