Joanne Whalley Quotes

I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

Joanne Whalley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 25, 1964

Topics

FearHopeNew ThingsEnergyDoing

I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.

John Fogerty

GreatDancePeopleSayGreat People

And then I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to go to China in 1980, which was quite early.

John Pomfret

OpportunityEnoughEarlyGoLucky

You need to think, when you get involved in wars, how you're going to get out of them.

Rory Kennedy

ThinkYouNeedOutGoingGet

The main difference in the effectiveness of teaching comes from the thoughts the teacher has had during the entire time of his or her existence and brings into the classroom. A teacher concerned with developing humans affects the students quite differently from a teacher who never thinks about such things.

Rudolf Steiner

TeacherTimeThoughtsNeverThings

Very few stories embody a human truth so definitively that we cannot think of the truth without remembering the story and cannot imagine how people ever got by without it.

Michel Faber

TruthPeopleStoryThinkHumanGot

I taught myself how to play guitar - pretty badly, but I knew enough about music to start to figure it out.

Minnie Driver

MusicMyselfStartGuitarEnough

To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection.

Jay Samit

BusinessArtFocusCompetitionWait

Innovators reimagine our world in so many areas. We need them to help reimagine what government can and should be.

Cory Booker

GovernmentWorldHelpNeedOurMany

My audience is much more center right, or centrist.

Chris Matthews

MoreRightAudienceCenterMuch

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

Aulus Gellius

BeardSeeI SeePhilosopherCloak

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Sharon Begley

InspirationalWaitingSomethingKnown

Fluted sleeves or any sleeve that flares out before coming in again at the wrist are very feminine and a great way to distract from the dreaded 'bingo wings.'

Twiggy

GreatWingsWayOutComingAgain

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