Failure is always present as an actor. I make my living by taking chances. If I'm not risking something, then I'm not… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
Soon the child’s clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions, and abstractions. Simple free being becomes encrusted with the… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
I played Lucky in Waiting for Godot at Yale and it was a thing that Stanislavski talks about: he says you don't… — Sam Waterston Copy Share Image
God has called us into a place of tenderness, when nobody is looking, when there are no great decisions to make, when… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
The moment in the account of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis is when they realize they're naked and try… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue.… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When you're writing a script you have the option to embellish on life or switch the order of events or make it… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world.… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Every life has a purpose. We need to let go of the past. Live in the present. Do not waste today worrying… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
There was one element of my childhood that was really a positive asset for me. By moving a lot, I learned to… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
There are moments in life where the question of knowing whether one might think otherwise than one thinks and perceive otherwise than… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
“Over the years since that time I seemed to fall back into sales as a mainstay of existence of some kind, and… — Michael Delaware Copy Share Image
You ask why London has to 'stand for' anything. One response is that in fact it always inevitably does. One could say… — Doreen Massey Copy Share Image
Using technology merely to lower operational costs amounts to standing on a whale fishing for minnows. It just allows you to do… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
Since the moment of the United Nations' inception, untold energies have been expended by governments not only toward the exclusion of persons… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
We may know that the work we continue to put off doing will be bad. Worse, however, is the work we never… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“I have my own peculiar yardstick for measuring a man: Does he have the courage to cry in a moment of grief?… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
Qualifying for this Olympic team has been the most stressful experience of my athletic career. It has taught me so much about… — Ibtihaj Muhammad Copy Share Image
The reason I want you to put a shirt on is, well, because, um..." "You've never seen a guy with his shirt… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
To accept struggle as part of life, to accept all of it, even the darkest moments of anguish; to be motivated by… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Bold prayers honor God, and God honors bold prayers… The bigger the circle we draw, the better, because God gets more glory.… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel. Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“In every lifetime there is a moment. A moment so clear, so profoundly unique; that it stands out against billions of other… — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
I wrestle my fears with every big decision I make. Ultimately, maybe all that wrestling does is make you sick of your… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Life is made of moments and choices. Not all of them matter, or have any lasting impact Then there's a different kind… — Jessi Kirby Copy Share Image
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
Shouldn't that be flipped right-side up?" I asked. "No," she said, eyes on the cards. After several moments of heavy silence, said,… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
They stood brow to brow, brown to white, black to black, he supporting her elbows, she playing her limp light fingers over… — Vladimir Mayakovsky Copy Share Image
The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. So Peeta begins pointing… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I was a child of the '60s basically, which is a real blank. I really started growing up, I think, in the… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
