“I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing to their unfailing rude greediness and their indefatigable activity. With their hard-heartedness that they extend toward people of other faiths and races they are at the point of making themselves kings of the world. This people can thank its obstinacy that France will be Judized within fifty years. Already some wise Jews prophesy this frankly.” PeopleWorldYearsHardAgeRaceRichSawsWiseMiddleKingsActivityJewWanderFranceFiftyNeverthelessRudeMiddle AgesOwingObstinacyPersonificationGreediness Author:George Sand
“People come up to me at conventions and say, 'I was such an outcast, I felt like such a geek, and when I saw you, you made me feel like such a normal person.' It's my favorite thing to hear, because that's how I felt when I was a kid. If Goth would've been around, I would've definitely been Goth. But there wasn't such a thing, so I was just weird.” PeopleIfsFeelsPersonsMadeKidsFeltSawsNormalMy FavoriteCome UpConventionsGeekFavorites ThingsOutcastGoth Author:Cassandra Peterson
“I think I land somewhere between Scorsese and Capra in what I'm drawn to emotionally; I'm drawn to very intense emotion. Capra freaked people out when they saw Jimmy Stewart lose it in 'It's a Wonderful Life.” PeopleThinkingLosesEmotionSawsWonderfulLandIntenseJimmyWonderful LifeScorseseIt's A Wonderful LifeJimmy StewartIntense Emotions Author:David O. Russell
“I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.” PeopleWayFeelsJobsFeltAudienceSawsDirectorsToughSurpriseFighterPrincessAmyTough Women Author:David O. Russell
“My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.” PeopleChildrenReasonMy OwnSawsPerceptionNeighborhoodNo ReasonCop Author:Sonja Sohn
“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“When color TV arrived, it just sat there and you saw color. I've been to retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, "I don't want to buy that." There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences.” PeopleWantTechnologySawsColorTvsMarketingGlassesConnectedStoresSatIntroducingNew ExperiencesRetailIntroducing New Author:Howard Stringer
“But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.” PeopleGivingTryingShowsLeftActingClassSawsShotsPaidWestHeyEpisodesCoastBugsArizonaWest CoastActing Classes Author:Christine Taylor
“I am still so proud to have been a part of something that introduced theater to so many people who weren't exposed to it before. We took Broadway and put it in peoples' living rooms once a week for two seasons. People still come up to me in the street and say, 'I never went to theater before I saw "Smash.'" That's the greatest compliment.” PeopleHas BeensStillsTwoRoomsSawsWeekStreetsProudSeasonsTheaterCome UpComplimentExposedBroadwayLiving Room Author:Megan Hilty
“A long time ago individuals looked at life and saw that most people aren't happy. They saw this was obviously an inefficient system. So they combed the universe and found immeasurable happiness inside of us, our spirits.” PeopleInspirationalLongSpiritUniverseFoundIndividualSawsBuddhismLong TimeLong Time Ago Author:Frederick Lenz