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“Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with the red amp lights glowing, the flashlight that shows each performer the way to his spot on the stage. It's crucial not to blow it. It sets the tempo of the show; it affects everyone's perception of the band.”

Way Important Play Moments Shows Light Walks Stage Band Perception Red Blow Spots Performers Crucial Glowing Tempo Flashlights Important Moments

Book:Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone

Source: Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone

“Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!”

Ifs Giving Trying Important Film Form Acting Stage Possibility Stage Acting

Author:Erland Josephson

“When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.”

People Thinking Feels Humans Important Helping Young Can Do Stage Depends Affection

Author:Dalai Lama

“People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always said it was a good idea. 4. I thought of it first.”

People Firsts Said Important Ideas Change Interesting Four Stage Development Waste Revolutionary My Time Nonsense Good Ideas Wasting My Time Don't Waste My Time

Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“It's hard to overemphasize how important Ford's deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first. Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.”

Years Firsts Important Hard Creative Stage Example Benefits Destruction Rate Wave Enormous Rail Deregulation Creative Destruction

Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

“It's never fun to be scared [about stage fright] but I think that it is important and it's healthy to always push yourself.”

Thinking Important Fun Stage Healthy Scared Fright Push Yourself Stage Fright

Author:Rose Leslie

“Even as a stage performer, I have my garb which is leather jackets and black jeans to make me feel a certain way. The wardrobe is really important to feeling the character you're playing.”

Way Feels Important Character Feelings Certain Black Stage Performers Jeans Jackets Leather Wardrobe Leather Jackets

Author:Andrew Dice Clay

“It's important to start off with ideals, even if they become modified at some later stage.”

Ifs Important Stage Ideals Idealism

Author:Stuart Pearson Wright

“The most important stage of any enterprise is the beginning.”

Important Stage Enterprise

Author:Plato

“I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does for awhile become family.”

People Thinking Doe Important Film Courses Stage Essence Productions Collaboration

Author:Julie Andrews

“At that time, I was still in an experimental stage, trying to blend Western drawing techniques and Chinese brushwork together. It was harder for me back then... But that piece is special and important, because it represents vigilance and innocence; the kind of precious innocence only present at the beginning of a new artistic exploration.”

Trying Kind Stills Important Together Pieces Special Stage Harder Western Technique Drawing Artistic Chinese Innocence Working Together Exploration Vigilance

Author:Liu Dan

“I feel that in-person contact with people is the most important thing in comedy. While I'm up on stage, I can actually put myself into the audience and adjust my pace and tuning to them. I can get into their heads through their ears and through their eyes. Only through this total communication can I really achieve what I'm trying to do.”

People Feels Trying Persons I Can Important Eye Audience Comedy Achieve Stage Communication Ears Important Things Contact Communication Skills Pace Tuning

Author:Bill Cosby

“It is important to bear in mind the now commonly accepted fact that in its primitive stages, religion had nothing to do with morals as understood by us today.”

Mind Important Facts Today Moral Atheism Stage Bears Understood Positive Atheism Accepted Primitive

Author:James Henry Breasted