Christopher Egan Quotes

I grew up in a community of theatre, and I always loved musicals. From a young age, the first present I ever wanted was a video camera. For me it was a great outlet to be creative.

Christopher Egan

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AgeCommunityGreatCreativeTheatre

I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.

Jerry Lee Lewis

GoodFireRiverNeverPianoAway

If someone feels that they're abandoned, there are always complicated feelings. There are always reasons for why people do the things that they do.

Maurissa Tancharoen

PeopleSomeoneFeelingsComplicated

If the press really thinks Obama is Lincoln, they ought to treat him like they treated Bush, 'cause that's how they treated Lincoln. His critics compared Lincoln to an ape; they called him an illiterate baboon.

Ann Coulter

TreatHimCriticsPressLikeCause

I let the actions of my life stand for what I am as a human being. Contend with that, not the words.

Meryl Streep

LifeWordsI AmStandMy LifeHuman

All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film.

Steve Buscemi

VisionPeopleIdeasFeelUnique

Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception.

Stan Brakhage

LifePerspectiveAdventurePerception

There is a sense of melancholy attached to seeing images of yourself from a different era, especially when you see a picture.

Roger Taylor

YourselfPictureYouSeeingSeeEra

There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

GoodBeautyHopePeopleMeRoots

Cooking is a weird thing. In homes, I'd wager it's still women who do more of the cooking.

Monica Hesse

WomenCookingWeirdMoreStillWho

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Milan Kundera

FreedomPowerGoodnessTrueHuman

Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience.

Judy Gold

CityAudienceStayDevelopComics

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.

Jason Isbell

PeopleMeDirectionThinkTrying

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