Peter Hall Quotes

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column - pigeons dump on you because you're there.

Peter Hall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 22, 1930

Topics

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I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

Jim C. Hines

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Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

Amy Winehouse

LifeThinkingShortSittingAnything

Strictly speaking, one never 'keeps' bees - one comes to terms with their wild nature.

Sue Hubbell

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I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

Tory Burch

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I go to a lot of stand-up comedy. I find more inspiration from observational stuff than from rap.

Riz Ahmed

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Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Robertson Davies

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I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I'd learned in acting school still applied.

Michael Redhill

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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture.

Jon Meacham

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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Douglas MacArthur

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Metallica - they're so demonic, they're crazy, I don't know how they do it.

Dee Dee Ramone

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Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.

Chris Kirkpatrick

WinHonorYouWantTrueEveryone

I like to buy girls shoes and jewelry. I buy stupidly expensive shoes. I got Louboutins for my mom and my girlfriend before. My mom was like, 'I can't wear these; they're too high.' I was like, 'Mom, you have to try them - they're so cool. They're red snakeskin!' She still wears them every so often, but she can't walk in them.

Ansel Elgort

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