I like to hire the kind of people that I would want to be on stage with.
Joe Mantello
Recitation: by Male by Female
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.
Jhumpa Lahiri
BookEmbraceFirstHandshakePerhaps
I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.
Joan Didion
VoiceTalkMoreFictionNonfiction
A career is a journey. I've been fortunate enough to work and be very successful over three decades, but I haven't achieved nearly what I want to achieve yet.
Joey Lawrence
WorkJourneyEnoughCareerAchieve
If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.
Tori Amos
ChildNightThinkYouPigNeed
Most theater tells you what to think.
Robert Wilson
ThinkYouMostTheaterTells
I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
HateI AmPeopleBadSaidFirst
At 16, I was going to church and playing music for church, and Dad would only pay for piano lessons so I could play at church.
Lizz Wright
MusicChurchPlayPayPianoGoing
I think any band we played with would be a weird match. We're on our own, a little out there, but it's a good thing. I think we're complimentary to each other.
Jon Crosby
GoodThinkWeirdBandOutOwn
I knew what the story behind 'Dreams' was. It was about Stevie Knicks' relationship. But when I sing it, it's about sharing some sage advice with somebody.
Dianne Reeves
DreamsRelationshipStoryAdvice
I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic.
Dennis Lehane
WordsBelieveLanguageYouI Believe
I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.
Corey Haim
LearningHabitThoughtsMovingBook
I know my body's limits. I've never enjoyed Spin classes, where they're like, 'Push it further!' I'm like, 'No. If I pull something, I can't work tomorrow.' That's why I gave up Bikram yoga.
Cobie Smulders
WorkTomorrowLimitsPushBodyKnow
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