Peter Brook Quotes

That, for me, is the only real legacy: the idea that one has left a lingering trace in people's memories. In the end, that's all a director can hope to do.

Peter Brook

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HopeMemoriesPeopleMeLegacyEnd

I love to run. I was challenged to run the New York marathon four months after having my youngest son, and since running isn't a big part of softball, the thought of a marathon was a stretch for me.

Jennie Finch

LoveSonNew YorkMeThoughtRun

I believe that Jesus Christ existed and that He died for my sins. And I believe that what He said in the Gospels is a model for the way I should try to lead my life and that I will always fall short of that and, therefore, need Him to redeem me.

John Dickerson

LifeMeBelieveShortMy LifeFall

Mom was an academic, so the riches that she had to bestow were of the mind.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

MindMomSheAcademicRichesWere

The one thing I'm proud of as a filmmaker is that people are entitled not to like my films - that's the privilege of the public - but I think I have my own imprint.

McG

PeopleProudThinkPrivilegeMy Own

I think I just have a different style.

John L. Flannery

StyleThinkDifferentJustI Think

One thing I incorporated in my novel 'The Poe Shadow' was the little-known fact that documents show Poe inherited a slave and decided to free him.

Matthew Pearl

ShadowFreeHimSlaveOne Thing

Dickens's final book, 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' forms the jumping-off point for my new novel, 'The Last Dickens'. This last work by Dickens has very little social commentary and a pretty tightly efficient storyline and cast of characters. Not necessarily what we think of when we think what characterizes Dickens.

Matthew Pearl

WorkBookThinkMysteryNewLittle

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

Smokey Robinson

InspirationalMusicGodRelationship

By modulating the amount of blue in our environment, we can help people to relax, or to be alert; to fall asleep, or to stay awake.

Rogier van der Heide

BluePeopleRelaxHelpFallStay

It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

Ruth Handler

ThreeYearsUpLittleUsCome

Almost without exception, President Obama begins serious policy discussions by explaining why everyone else is wrong. After he assigns straw men to your views, he enthusiastically attempts to knock them down with a theatrically earnest re-litigation of what you've missed about his brilliance.

Mitch McConnell

MenYouDownWrongSeriousWhy

Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

Milan Kundera

ChangeNewEverySceneDescriptions

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