I was an opening act for 10 years.

Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia.

— Susan Griffin

Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but…

— Bernard Lonergan

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop…

— Joan Collins

In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this…

— Jack Kornfield

I don't really comment on my personal life because I feel like any comment at all is opening up a whole can of worms.…

— Josh Hartnett

It isn't necessary to seek out adventure. Opening to what is around you will produce the most extraordinary experiences.

— Edward B. Lewis

Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest…

— John D. Rockefeller

Marylata [ Elton] introduced me to Hans Zimmer. Hans tapped me [to] work on songs for DreamWorks' animated features. I arranged Elton John's opening…

— Danny Jacob

I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and…

— John Edward

I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through…

— Aisha Hinds

Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the…

— Nicole Krauss

To meet Roosevelt with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence, was like opening a bottle of champagne.

— Winston Churchill

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving…

— James Wolcott

The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be honest with…

— Mike Mullane

In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not…

— Anais Nin