The history of all times and nations teaches us that exactly in the naïve, unshakable belief, furnished by religion in active life… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I don't get a rush from anything. I did music as hard as I could. Acting for me at least, is a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I love Ron Howard, he's a wonderful director, incredibly prepared. But I have to criticize my performance in that movie. It all… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a… — Billy Crudup Copy Share Image
When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Copy Share Image
When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after… — Dolph Lundgren Copy Share Image
My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
I try to do things positive on my throat, but a couple things are negative like smoking and drinking heavily. I really… — Mitch Lucker Copy Share Image
There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Saturday mornings in spring should always start with a jolt of dance by Paul Taylor performed by Taylor 2. The touring ensemble,… — Jennifer Dunning Copy Share Image
Here is a spiritual principle: We cannot exercise love unless we are experiencing grace. You cannot truly love others unless you are… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The debate can be put in the form of the question: Resolved, that the best of money managers cannot be demonstrated to… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I've never really been interested in replicating the record in live performance, because I'd just get bored. When I was young I… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
Companies have to nurture [creativity and motivation]-and have to do it by building a compassionate yet performance-driven corporate culture. In the knowledge… — Gay Mitchell Copy Share Image
Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
The most beautiful sight this earth affords is a man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a name,… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
A sound does not view itself as thought, as ought, as needing another sound for its elucidation, as etc.; it has not… — John Cage Copy Share Image
My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I think everybody has a moment in their career where you have to test whether it was right or wrong. We've all… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of… — Ian Holm Copy Share Image
Herzog and Malick both have this very unique naturalist intentionality to their process. It's about creating the mood, creating the focus and… — Sam Pressman Copy Share Image
I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
Sola scriptura means at least this: that the church's proclamation is always subject to potential correction from the canon. It is for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For some roles, like when I was doing Bent, that was harder and I didn't find that helpful because I was so… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
I think, first of all, I'm very proud of Sam Saunders in general. I am happy to see him playing well and… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image
(Talks about her grandmother Marjorie Finlay)"She was actually a recording star in Puerto Rico when my mom was growing up. My mom… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
You see, the secret of the gospel is that we become more spiritually mature when we focus less on what we need… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill,… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We believe that worship is far more than prayer and preaching and gospel performance. The supreme act of worship is to keep… — Joseph Fielding Smith Copy Share Image
I love art, I love music. I can listen to Stockhausen and a very experimental, avant-garde approach, and I can listen to… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
I certainly don't feel there's a distinction to be made between a television and a film actor. I think there's a distinction… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Pristine vulnerability is just so boring to me. The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowland's in 'A Woman Under… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image