"What right had they to make me suffer like that?"

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Source : Anna Sewell (2015). “Black Beauty”, p.30, Xist Publishing

Anna Sewell

#Suffering Quotes

“Improv is more than just spitting out a bunch of funny stuff that's unrelated to the material. You have to stay in character, you have to react and respond as the character you're trying to play. You have to service the story, and I think improv training has helped with my listening, responding, and my audition technique. It's sounds so silly, but it's true. Because not only do you improvise during the audition, but once you get the part, they'll say, "Throw away everything. Just improv this scene. Do whatever you want." Someone could panic if they're not used to doing something like that.”

Source : "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.
“Drumming is like film directing. You build a framework for everyone to create something together.”
“No mother wants to hear her son say he's gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, 'I don't really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.'”
“Most of us are visual learners. Some of us are auditor learners â€“ we learn by hearing. Many of us are kinesthetic learners. We learn by doing, touching, feeling. I have found â€¦ that we need an educational model that is current, that meets the need of our students. America must understand that she needs Muslims.”
“Things in the margins, including humans who wander there, are often on the brink of becoming someone else, or something else, whose memory may not include the significance of old markers.”
“One of the most obvious aspects of the music to people who know jazz is: How does it feel in the swing? These are things that are very subtle and that jazz musician appreciate in a particular way. I appreciate the way Tommy Flanagan swings, the way that Barry Harris swings, the great pulse that Hank Jones and Bill Evans have - end every one of them is different.”
“Discoveries that are anticipated are seldom the most valuable. ... It's the scientist free to pilot his vessel across hidden shoals into open seas who gives the best value.”
“Being in love with someone who doesn't even know that you exist isn't the worst thing in the world.”

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