Rufus Wainwright Quotes

The artist who gave me the most inspiration and direction, especially as a singer - and I absolutely consider myself a singer, 100 percent - is Nina Simone. She's my ultimate pianist-singer-type person.

Rufus Wainwright

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MyselfMeDirectionArtistPerson

Godspell was a good leap for me, it was a good shop window.

Jeremy Irons

GoodMeWindowLeapShop

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

Andres Segovia

MatterViolinSingerCelloElectric

It doesn't matter how you pray. Just pray. All religions are beautiful and they all have one common belief. There's something bigger and greater than us that can give us and take from us life. It is better than the here and now.

Mattie Stepanek

LifeBeautifulBetterYouBelief

I was cast in commercials, music videos, and booked a lot of modeling jobs. But my acting career never took off because I was holding myself back. I was acting across from male partners who didn't know that I am trans. I was being taught by teachers who didn't know.

Angelica Ross

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Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning.

Stephen Jay Gould

LearningCommitmentPastGolden

The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.

Stella Adler

GreatBestIdeasAlwaysExperiences

We'll look at the japanese launch as a model and aspire to have things go as well as they did over there.

Trip Hawkins

LookGoOverLaunchThingsAspire

For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but it's in a form that is so sensually gratifying that it connects the surviving heart to the despairing intellect.

Tony Harrison

HeartPoetryMeYouTragedyParadox

I stopped performing because I don't have the temperament of a performer. You have to want to do the same thing over and over again. Once I got it right, I didn't want to do it again. I always use the analogy of a novelist who has to read his novel in public night after night. I just didn't want to do it.

Tom Lehrer

NightYouWantRightAlwaysOver

I retain what's interesting to me, but I don't have a lot of strategic depth.

Christopher Hitchens

MeInterestingDepthLotStrategic

If the leaks continue, we are strong as our weakest link. And I'll say it a little differently in a pun. We're strong as our weakest leak.

Anthony Scaramucci

StrongSayLittleLeakWeakest Link

I have never been religious, but I've seen the strength of it.

Sebastian Lelio

StrengthNeverSeenBeenReligious

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