"I go out on stage, and my intention is to make the first four rows bleed from their ears."

-- Sonny Sharrock

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“That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care of my voice and making sure I have the right foods in my body is paramount. Making sure I'm doing my technique work and staying in the script is all substantial. Continually pushing myself to find different nuances in the character on a nightly basis. This is definitely boot camp for me all over again, and Broadway in general is a boot camp for all actors.”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“I'm afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”

Source : Playboy interview, October, 1967.
“We just worked hard to not just get things right and authentic, but also to make it consistent and visually right. For instance, there are colours that aren't in the film that would have been there in reality. I think part of the look of the film not only has to do with the way it's shot and lit, but also the lack of certain colours that give it a softness which really suits it because there's more focus on the characters. For instance, there's no yellow at all until we get to Miss Stubbs' flat at the very end.”
“A new study suggests that middle-aged adults who go on periodic drinking binges may face a heightened risk of dementia later on in life. The study is entitled, 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.'”
“It's been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type, and I'm finally getting to do what I really wanted to do.”

Source : "Leslie Nielsen, 84, Romantic Hero Turned Comic, Dies" by Anita Gates, www.nytimes.com. November 28, 2010.
“A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been.”
“Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.”

Source : "Perfect Gifts, According to Phoebe Cates". abcnews.go.com. June 01, 2006.
“In some countries Women's Day is a national holiday and men give women flowers. In America Women's Day falls on another holiday, Mardi Gras, where men give women beads in the respectful and post-feminist desire to see their naked boobies.”

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