Peter Brook Quotes

Every choice I've ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.

Peter Brook

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LogicChoiceBeenMadeRatherThan

An unused life is an early death.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeDeathEarlyUnused

The G7 - and earlier, the G8 - were a group of countries that shared the same values with regard to freedom and democracy, and through the annexation of Crimea, Russia made it clear at a certain point that these values of keeping the peace, integrity of the borders of a country were not being respected.

Angela Merkel

IntegrityFreedomPeaceDemocracy

Everyone wants to be happy - people find happiness in different ways. While you want to pursue your career 100 percent, I think it is very hard to give 100 percent in something else. It's important to find this balance, and priorities change throughout life.

Ana Ivanovic

LifeChangeHappinessBalanceHappy

I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough.

Steven Millhauser

GoodMusicMeSmallLibraryEnough

As soon as you see 'Dame' in front of someone's name, you get nervous, but Dame Maggie Smith is the most wonderfully gentle woman I have ever met. She never had a bad word to say.

Tom Felton

WomanNameSomeoneYouBadNervous

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.

Robert A. Heinlein

ScienceFoodIsolationSolutionWay

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

Mickey Spillane

BookEndMysteryNobodyPageFirst

When we look at each other, we're the same family. You don't have to see black or Latino - we're one family. That's America.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

FamilyBlackAmericaYouLookSee

The downfall of the church will not come from a lack of apologetic teaching; it will come from disintegration of the families in the church.

Josh McDowell

ChurchWillDownfallTeachingCome

Health and a positive body image are part of my personal values.

Deborah Joy Winans

PositiveHealthValuesBodyPersonal

I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very actively in the experience.

Deborah Eisenberg

ExperienceShortLikeStoriesVery

My music and my fan base is really built off of my lifestyle.

Wiz Khalifa

MusicLifestyleOffFanBuiltBase

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