John Gould Quotes

At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. The old hometown ties had been pretty much broken. The theme of Farmer Takes a Wife appealed to people. Everybody was homesick. And it sold and sold and sold.

John Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 14, 1804 - February 3, 1881

Topics

TimeWifeBeginningBrokenPeople

I've had lots of wonderful people help motivate me over the years to work hard and write.

Jennine Capó Crucet

WorkPeopleMeWork HardHelpWrite

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

Andrew Garfield

SpiritualYouKnowSeeI Was Raised

It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hired to do.

Steve Carell

PlanRecreationMasterBeenJust

In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.

Tom Heinsohn

TeamBasketballGameDownWrongWay

I think purpose is the most important thing because once you understand that, everything else becomes easy.

Trevor Jackson

PurposeThinkEasyYouUnderstand

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie.

Michel Hazanavicius

LovedMoviesSilentAlwaysStarted

I was an elementary school teacher.

Luciano Pavarotti

TeacherSchoolElementary School

My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.

Louis Sachar

ParentsBridgeChanceLovedRemember

I went to a pretty small school from the beginning all the way up, so I knew everyone, everyone knew me.

Jason Dolley

BeginningSchoolMeSmallWayUp

My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to occur on that stage.

David Wenham

FatherMeAmbitionTheatreSunday

Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it.

David Slade

GoodCoffeeThank YouAppreciateYou

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.

Brian May

GoodThoughtPrettySawBeforeThen

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