Annie Baker Quotes

I feel like there's an obsession with pace right now in theater, with things being very fast and very witty and very loud, and I think we're all so freaked out about theater keeping audiences interested because everybody's so freaked out about theater becoming irrelevant.

Annie Baker

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What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

Joe Paterno

PeopleInfluenceYoungTeachersMore

The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it.

Jennie Garth

FriendBestMeBest FriendOutGuy

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

Andrea Arnold

I AmPeopleWhyWayTurnOut

Live theater is an amorphous art, constantly shifting and evolving with every performance.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

LiveArtPerformanceEvolvingEvery

I did some things, including the Body Issue. I'm not going to say I regret doing that, but I think now if you asked me to do it, I would probably say no.

Matt Harvey

MeRegretThinkDoingYouBody

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

John Wooden

FeelingsOthersRightsOwnYour

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

Tony Fadell

WorldThinkYouKidsDifferently

Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work.

Michael Nesmith

WorkPastNewTryOldIdea

If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result, they conducted a lot of their research very, very secretively indeed.

Michael Nielsen

ResearchResultYouBackGoSharing

For me, what makes life enjoyable is having a shared culture and shared references.

Michael Sheen

LifeCultureMeReferencesEnjoyable

I've tried to make it a thing where they, somebody in WWE, needs me or wants me there. And if I do my job well, it becomes a thing, and I just try to make it a reality, I guess. And I'm just trying not to get released.

Luke Harper

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From 1994 to 1997, I did nothing. I slept and slept and slept. If I was awake, I had to deal with things, I had to do things. In order to avoid that, I would just stay in bed.

Jonathan Knight

BedNothingOrderThingsStayAwake

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