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“Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it. I'm 24 years old, I've got a load a money, what am I gonna do, sit at home and twiddle me thumbs? No. I'm gonna go out and 'ave it.”

People Want Years Home Stage Bunch Load Thumbs Stabbing Deodorant

Author:Liam Gallagher

“You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.”

Feels Desire Stage Intense Right Thing Helpless

Author:Chin-Ning Chu

“All new ideas pass through three stages: first they are dismissed as nonsense, then they are rejected as being against religion and finally they are acknowledged as the truth, with the proviso from the initial opponents that they knew it all along.”

Firsts Ideas Three Stage Opponents Nonsense New Ideas Rejected Initials Against Religion

Author:Karl Ernst von Baer

“One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.”

Home Reality School Stage Comfortable Day To Day Day Life Wartime Day To Day Life

Author:J. G. Ballard

“Surrounding myself with women of different backgrounds and on different paths and in different stages of their lives has become so valuable to me.”

Different Path Stage Valuable Backgrounds Different Paths Different Backgrounds

Author:Brie Larson

“I used to play for 200 people and now I'm selling out places that hold 16,000 people. It's a big change, and it's so cool to see people out there screaming the words to songs that I wrote. It just really reassures me that what I'm doing is working, and it really boosts my confidence, as far as on stage as a performer and a writer.”

People Play Bigs Used Song Stage Selling Performers Boost Selling Out Big Changes

Author:Miranda Lambert

“Keeping the cat front-and-center was definitely a smart choice, from Tim and the animation department. Mr. Whiskers got referred to more than we actually saw him on stage. Seeing him on screen, you just love him.”

Choices Saws Seeing Stage Fronts Smart Cat Screens Department Animation Whiskers Smart Choices

Author:John August

“Frankenweenie is also about mortality, but at a very different stage. It's losing a parent versus losing a dog. I don't run away from the tears of that, which I think is what makes it feel universal.”

Thinking Feels Different Running Parent Stage Dog Tears Losing Universal Mortality Running Away Versus Losing A Parent

Author:John August

“There's so much energy that's needed, for every stage of the process, so I don't want to do something that I'm bored by with characters that I don't like or actors that aren't going to surprise you.”

Want Character Actors Energy Process Stage Needed Surprise Bored

Author:Julian Jarrold

“When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.”

Jobs Next Audience Stage Directors

Author:Ian Mckellen

“I'm not experienced enough, or certain enough of my acting on the screen to say to a director, "You are wrong, I am right. I will only do it this way." I could never feel that, I wish I could be absolutely certain. But on the stage, it's different. I know where I am on the stage.”

Knows Way Feels Different Enough Certain Wish Acting Stage Directors Screens

Author:Ian Mckellen

“The advantages of a virtual production pipeline are that you can reduce the footprint of your production down to the size of the stage.”

Stage Advantage Size Productions Footprint Pipeline

Author:Rick Heinrichs

“I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time. Even though it's only 200 people in the audience, and a movie like RoboCop is going to be seen by many, many people, I know I'd be much more nervous doing a play than being on set shooting.”

People Knows Play Used Audience Stage Nervous Shooting Robocop

Author:Joel Kinnaman

“I'm not in Captain America because it takes place in the '40s. Both he and Bruce Banner are relationships that evolve during this - two more rock stars that I got to get on stage, ready to play ball.”

Two Play America Stars Rocks Stage Ready Balls Evolve Captains Rock Star Banner

Author:Clark Gregg

“I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is so rich that, far from strengthening the constitution, it disturbs and enfeebles it. Stage beginners are similar to those children totally spoiled by the blind affection of their parents.”

Ifs Knows Children Art Parent Rich Stage Constitution Blind Affection Cease Nutrition Applause Spoiled Strengthening Beginners

Author:Jean-Georges Noverre

“My life changed the day I walked across that stage. Because I finally finished something!”

Stage Changed Finished Life Changing

Author:Eric Thomas

“I always made up my own acts; built them out of my knowledge and observation of real life. I'd had wonderful opportunities to study people; and every time I went out on the stage I tried to show the audience some bit of true human nature.”

People Humans Made Real Shows Opportunity Bits My Own Audience Study Wonderful Stage Human Nature Built Real Life Observation

Author:W. C. Fields

“Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.”

Knows Important Play Eye Stage Luck His Eyes Cricket Cricketers Playing Cricket

Author:W. G. Grace

“It's a new stage and a new moment in my life. I'm moving forward. It feels quite inspiring, fun, and positive. As I get older, I find a greater sense of self-confidence. I've learned that it's fine to not try to be anything else but myself.”

Feels Trying Self Moments Moving Fun Greater Stage Fine Self Confidence Moving Forward I've Learned Sense Of Self

Author:Jessica Biel

“Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing.”

Needs Easy Stage Melody Arrangements Orchestration

Author:Billy Joel

“But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'”

I Can Feelings Stage Beats Singing Going Out

Author:Jessie J

“I never stop working when I'm on stage, and that's my fitness.”

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Author:Jessie J

“There is knowledge of God and the spiritual nature of man, as well as other types of reality..., that are not reducible to the world dealt with by the so-called "natural" sciences. The idea that knowledge - and, of course, reality - is limited to that world is the single most destructive idea on the stage of life today.”

Men World Wells Ideas Reality Today Spiritual Courses Natural Stage Type Destructive Nature Of Man Natural Science Knowledge Of God Stages Of Life Spiritual Nature

Author:Dallas Willard

“I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about, and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.”

Helping Song Asks Prayer Lord Practice Stage Honest Mom My Mom Warm Technique Being Honest Help Me

Author:Jackie Evancho

“Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.”

Kind Waiting Behinds Talking Stage Normal Performances Concentrating Superstar Jackie Playing Around Great Performance

Author:Jackie Evancho

“I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are.”

Care Water Stage Elements Who You Are Wave Don't Care Playing Music Surf Grounding Secluded

Author:Eddie Vedder

“Europe becomes more and more a province of Islam, a colony of Islam. And Italy is an outpost of that province, a stronghold of that colony... In each of our cities lies a second city: a Muslim city, a city run by the Quran. A stage in the Islamic expansionism.”

Running Lying Cities Stage Europe Islam Islamic Provinces Quran Colony Strongholds Second City

Author:Oriana Fallaci

“When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.”

World Firsts Self Stage Thirds Violent Reactions Opposition Evident Ridicule

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.”

People Play Stuff Roles Audience Crazy Stage Entertaining

Author:Vinny Guadagnino

“Some of the stage outfits I've got are ridiculous. I'll lay out clothes to pack, and it'll look like Polly Pocket clothing - because it's all stretchy, it's tiny. I don't need a case when I tour; I can fit it all in my handbag.”

Needs Looks I Can Cases Stage Fit Clothes Lays Tiny Ridiculous Pockets Clothings Packs Outfits Handbags

Author:Jessie J

“I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That's why I'm so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.”

Firsts Sports Stage Taught Underestimated Playing Sports

Author:Bernie Mac

“All I have to do is be me on stage. But acting, I have to be someone else, and walk how they would walk and blink how they would blink. I used to talk about it bad like, 'Aw man, that person made $10 million a movie?' But now I understand why they do. I get it now.”

Men Persons Made Used Walks Acting Millions Stage Blink

Author:Jill Scott

“I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on.”

People Knows Kind Littles Bigs Would Be Wanted Used Song Social Written Stage Daydreaming Social Life Life Going On

Author:Taylor Swift

“You can't go on stage and live - it's false all the way. I can't stand the premise of going out in jeans and a guitar and looking as real as you can in front of 18,000 people. I mean, it's not normal!”

People Way Mean I Can Real Stage Fronts Goes On Normal Guitar Going Out Jeans Premises

Author:David Bowie

“I have two different sides to my personality. I decided to give my fans what they want and who they are used to who is the person in all the videos and the person in 'Crazy in Love' who is Sasha Fierce. I have someone else takes over when its time for me to work and when I'm on stage.”

Want Giving Persons Two Different Used Sides Crazy Fans Stage Personality Decided Video Fierce Crazy Love Different Sides

Author:Beyonce Knowles

“It's almost like it's my alter ego when I get on stage... I turn into this different person, seriously. Bipolar disorder. I'm tired of everybody touching me and things being plugged into my head.”

Persons Different Turns Stage Ego Tired Touching Disorder I'm Tired Bipolar Bipolar Disorder Alter Ego

Author:Britney Spears

“Stage actors look down on movie actors, movie actors look down on TV actors, and TV actors look down on... mass murderers.”

Looks Actors Stage Tvs Mass Murderer Movie Actors Stage Actors

Author:George Clooney

“Some audiences can shake and bang their heads on the stage to riffs all night long, but subtlety is an art that must be mastered if you're going to be remembered.”

Ifs Long Art Night Audience Stage Remembered Shakes Bangs All Night Subtlety

Author:Robert Plant

“I believe everybody should have a room where they get rid of all their releases. So my room was a stage.”

Should Believe I Believe Rooms Stage Should Have Release

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore.”

Ifs Writing I Can Would Be Wanted Song Stage Goes On Lays

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“We think that play and fairytales belong to childhood - how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time in our life to live without play and fairytales! We give these things other names, to be sure, and feel differently about them, but precisely this is the evidence that they are the same things, for the child too regards play as his work and fairy tales as his truth. The brevity of life ought to preserve us from a pedantic division of life into different stages - as though each brought something new.”

“I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.”

Years Play Wanted Five Stage Five Years

Author:Hugh Jackman

“As an actor, you have many tools - your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have your eyes because they communicate your thought process. In fact, generally in film, what you don't say is more important than what you say. That's not so much the case for stage.”

Important Facts Body Eye Film Actors Process Voice Emotion Cases Stage Tools Communicate Your Body Thought Process

Author:Hugh Jackman

“It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be used to it, and now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You need to be fresh and really look at the material.”

Needs Looks Sometimes Film Used Song Interesting Stage Materials Used To Be Conventions

Author:Hugh Jackman

“Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.”

People Kind Stage Ridiculous Impression Associates Fever Fright Stage Fright Bad Impression

Author:Jeanne Moreau

“Right now I can't be sure that I will be back on stage. We have been touring for two years and that is way too much.”

Way Years Has Beens I Can Two Too Much Stage Right Now Two Years Touring

Author:Mick Jagger

“In a theatre it happened that a fire started off stage. The clown came out to tell the audience. They thought it was a joke and applauded. He told them again, and they became still more hilarious. This is the way, I suppose, that the world will be destroyed-amid the universal hilarity of wits and wags who think it is all a joke.”

Thinking World Way Stills Audience Fire Happened Stage Jokes Universal Theatre Wit Destroyed Clown Wags Hilarity

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did.”

Children Enough Home Stage Husband Innocent Managers California My Husband Tickets Theatrical Innocent Children

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“The technology life cycle has three stages: Hype, disillusionment, and application.”

Three Technology Stage Cycles Application Hype Disillusionment

Author:Bob Lewis

“I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.”

Thinking Mind Mother Sound Minutes Stage Cry Quiet Method Actresses Blank

Author:Shirley Temple

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