“As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide.” UniverseStageSweetSourcePrayingForgivingGuidesPlentyManagersGenerousGoddessHornsI PrayPlentifulStage Managers Author:Rebecca Wells
“The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things he doesn't want you to do and you'll burn for a long time if you do them - and private property, which I think is at the core of our failure as a species. That's the source of my indignations, my dissatisfactions, however it comes out on the stage. I feel betrayed by the people I'm part of, these creatures, these magnificent creatures.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWantFeelsLongTwoBigsBeliefMistakeSkyAtheismStageSourceCreaturesLong TimePropertySpeciesPositive AtheismCoreMagnificentBetrayedDissatisfactionPrivate PropertyIndignationBig Mistake Author:George Carlin
“It is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances that surround him, that the deeper sources of his subconscious gently open, and from them come feelings we cannot always analyse.” FeelsFeelingsActorsStageSourceCircumstancesDeeperSurroundSubconscious Book:An Actor Prepares Source: An Actor Prepares
“There is often no material difference between the enjoyment of the highest ranks and those of the rudest stages of society. If the life of many a young English nobleman, and an Iroquois in the forest, or an Arab in the desert are compared, it will be found that their real sources of happiness are nearly the same.” IfsRealYoungFoundDifferencesStageMaterialsSourceCivilizationHighestForestsDesertEnjoymentSource Of HappinessNoblemenIroquois Author:Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet
“At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage.” WayBigsSongStageSourceTheaterMusicalPopsOne TimePop SongMusical Theater Author:Neil Tennant
“Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story.” WorldWarStoriesInspirationSeemsStageSourceLifetimeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War ISeptemberSeptember 11Source Of InspirationSource Of Strength Author:David McCullough
“It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in.” KnowsStageSourceCancerPrimariesTreatmentDetectionPrimary Source Book:Mortality Source: Mortality
“Sources say the Obama administration is in the 'final stages' of planning the closing of Guantanamo Bay. The way it's gonna work is, they're going to put a Radio Shack sign out front and let nature take its course.” WayCoursesStageFrontsSourceFinalsRadioPlanningAdministrationClosingShackGuantanamoGuantanamo Bay Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Dancing of late years has been degraded to the narrow limits and low professionalism of mere mechanical proficiency, associated with the most frivolous... phases of the stage. But this day is fading...We are turning our gaze inward, learning to seek there the divine sources of the dance, to the end that it may flower into new and more glorious forms of beauty and wealth” YearsMayHas BeensEndsFormWealthStageDivineFlowerSourceLimitsLateLowsDancingMereGloriousThis DayPhasesInwardProfessionalismFadingFrivolousProficiencyMay Flowers Author:Ruth St. Denis
“As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.” Would BeActorsBreakEffectsStageNew YorkSourceReviewsBreak UpNew York TimesMake Or Break Author:Kevin Bacon
“I have never had one moment of stage fright and performing has always been a huge thrill and source of enjoyment for me. It's part of my personality.” MomentsStageHugeSourcePersonalityPerformingEnjoymentThrillFrightStage Fright Author:Shakira