I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.
Maxine Peake
Recitation: by Male by Female
Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city.
Meir Kahane
CityEgyptJewishBeenJewsOnce
When I talk to friends and editors about possible projects, especially about projects that might come with a significant cash advance, they usually suggest a biography. Sometimes I'm tempted, but the prospect of spending years researching and writing about someone else's life offends my vanity.
Michael Dirda
LifeWritingFriendsSomeoneVanity
Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had before 'O.J.'
Sterling K. Brown
GoodBusyBetterRecognitionYou
One of my first jobs was as a recipe tester for a PR agency. One week, the editor of 'Housewife' magazine called my boss and asked me to write a column - the cookery editor had gone away on a press trip. I was terrified.
Mary Berry
BossMeWeekWriteFirstGone
I wish that there was a program in college that taught you what to do about getting head shots, how to get an agent, how to get a manager, how to - none of that was taught. It was all your craft, and I'm very appreciative that they taught the craft in theater, but film and television are completely different than theater.
Mikaela Hoover
CollegeWishYouTelevisionManager
It's not okay to lie about people and particularly not okay to hurl the worst imaginable names at people just because you think you might not like their politics.
Milo Yiannopoulos
PoliticsLiePeopleThinkYouOkay
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
Joseph Addison
ImaginationSoulCuriositySurprise
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.
Dominique de Villepin
PoliticiansThroughOutcomeElectoral
So, I've never been politically correct, even before that term was available to us, and I have really identified with other people who don't want to be read as just a black poet, or just a woman poet, or just someone who represents a cause, an anti-Vietnam war poet.
Diane Wakoski
WomanWarPeopleBlackSomeoneWant
There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well.
Donnie Wahlberg
DoingYouRealDangerWellExecute
I'd like to have one of my plays on Broadway.
Del Shores
BroadwayLikePlays
You have some dark days and dark moments going through chemo and things like that.
Chuck Pagano
MomentsYouDarkThroughDaysGoing
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