T Quotes
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“The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters little what one is doing. The important, as well as the unimportant things, assume a new dimension of reality, because they have one's full attention.”
Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.”
“The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.”
“The activity of being a husband, a father - those are roles, too, but underneath them is the spiritual center that connects us all, and that's what's most important.”
“The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions.”
“The activity of God, which is transcendent in blessedness, is the activity of contemplation; and therefore among human activities that which is most akin to the divine activity of contemplation will be the greatest source of happiness.”
Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.”
“The activity of interpreting might be understood as listening for the 'song beneath the words.”
Source: Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)
“The activity of love and faith is what makes heaven.”
Source: Heaven and hell
“The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment.”
“The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration.”
“The activity of the child has always been looked upon as an expression of his vitality.”
“The activity of the immature human being is simply played upon to secure habits which are useful. He is trained like an animal rather than educated like a human being. His instincts remain attached to their original objects of pain or pleasure. But to get happiness or to avoid the pain of failure he has to act in a way agreeable to others.”
Source: The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education
“The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.”
Source: Summaries of Thought
“The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.”
“The activity which seems unthinkable today can become your warm-up in the future!”
Source: The Explorer's Mindset: Unlock Health Happiness and Success the Fun Way
“The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity”
“The actor becomes an emotional athlete.”
“The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.”
“The actor blinked, hurt. He felt that chilly world of duplicity— having been given her benevolence and now her indifference. Few things burned men as much as the cold side of a woman that was once warm. They’d had her once, right in their hands, but now that woman had insensibly disappeared. Will I ever know her again? What have I done? God, how she flipped her warmth altogether like a switch! I hate not knowing her anymore, he thought. The actor tried to meet her eyes, but accepted from her composure she would not be kindled.”
Source: A Happy Ghost
“The actor cannot, at last, refrain, even in moments of the deepest pain, from thinking of the effect produced by his deportment and by his surroundings—for example, even at the funeral of his own child: he will weep at his own sorrow and its manifestations as though he were his own audience. The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part, finally ceases to be a hypocrite; as in the case of priests who, when young men, are always, either consciously or unconsciously, hypocrites, and finally become naturally and then really, without affectation, mere priests: or if the father does not carry it to this extent, the son, who inherits his father's calling and gets the advantage of the paternal progress, does. When anyone, during a long period, and persistently, wishes to appear something, it will at last prove difficult for him to be anything else. The calling of almost every man, even of the artist, begins with hypocrisy, with an imitation of deportment, with a copying of the effective in manner. He who always wears the mask of a friendly man must at last gain a power over friendliness of disposition, without which the expression itself of friendliness is not to be gained—and finally friendliness of disposition gains the ascendancy over him—he is benevolent.”
“The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe.”
“The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.”
“The actor doesn't merely command the stage, he seems to own it by divine right.”
“The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.”
“The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, "It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad."”
“The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries to cry except bad actors. How a character hides his feelings tells us who he is. Most people don't know that, and most actors don't do that. Therefore, there are a lot of actors who put me to sleep, that are considered good actors, but they're predictable and boring. I know how the scene is going to end before it ends.”
“The actor in me always wants to link himself to a leader who's inspired.”
“The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.”
“The actor is an athlete of the heart.”
Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings
“The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.”
“The actor is merely a crude empiricist, a practitioner guided by vague instinct.”
Source: Collected Works
“The actor is not quite a human being-but then, who is?”
“The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.”
Source: The Art of the Theatre
“The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage.”
“The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.”
Source: Challenge For The Actor
“The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.”
“The actor needs to find out what the basic fight is in every character in every scene.”
Source: Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
“The actor playing Lee got really irritated. He tried to escape by turning, running, or twisting and talking or yelling above the voice of the illness, but the illness didn't sit quietly.”
Source: Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness
“The Actor's Prayer
Great Baachus, spare us from the demon Rejection! And harsh critics, incompetent make-up artists, ill-fitting costumes, tight shoes, screaming children, corpsing and a visit from the welfare officer.”
“The actor’s realm is that of the fleeting. Of all kinds of fame, it is known, his is the most ephemeral. At least, this is said in conversation. But all kinds of fame are ephemeral.”
Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“The actor's realm is that of the fleeting. Of all kinds of fame, it is known, his is the most ephemeral. At least, this is said in conversation. But all kinds of fame are ephemeral. From the point of view of Sirius, Goethe's works in ten thousand years will be dust and his name forgotten.”
Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.”
“The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.”
“The actor shouldn't edit themselves or be anxious. And the actors that I admire are always the ones who are inventive and their imaginative life in free-willing. It's a director's job to go, "No here, don't do that, go there."”
“The actor side of me loves to get dressed up and I feel like Cinderella when I'm in diamonds.”
“The actor that taught me the most was Bernie Mac. I did my first big budget studio film with he and Angela Bassett, 'Mr. 3000' for Disney. Bernie taught me by example what creates success is humility and hard work.”
“The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul.”
“The actor, writer, and director Woody Allen once said, “80% of success is just showing up!”
You Can Show Up By . . .
• Participating.
• Sharing ideas.
• Being dependable.
• Keeping your word.
• Taking the initiative.
• Volunteering to be of assistance.
• Being there when a friend needs you.
• Raising your hand and asking questions.
• Attending your children’s sporting events.
• Taking your place and claiming your space.
• Demonstrating that you have something to offer.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact