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Gina McKee Quotes

A distant cousin sent me some genealogy report on my father's side, and it's sort of what I suspected. Coal miners for generations... four or maybe five generations.

Gina McKee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: April 14, 1964

Topics

Father Me Side Miners Five Four

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

Joan Collins

Ugly Pride Born Fault Must Symbol

Don't use tap water to make your colloidal silver. Use pure distilled water only. And don't take very large dosages or strong concentrations for long periods of time.

Stan Jones

Time Water Strong Long Silver Pure

I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

Tracy Kidder

Time Beginning Effort Book You Find

When you go out there to do comedy, you feel like you're doing battle with the audience a lot of the time. You're either going to get 'em, or you're not.

Rob Riggle

Time Battle Feel Comedy Doing You

It is an obvious fact that when an age is torn loose from its moorings and everyone is to some degree thrown on his own, most people can take steps to find and realize themselves.

Rollo May

Age People Find Realize Degree Own

The simplest and cheapest of all reforms within institutional science is to switch from the passive to the active voice in writing about science.

Rupert Sheldrake

Science Writing Voice Active Within

You must trust your instinct, intuition and judgment.

Rouben Mamoulian

Trust You Judgment Intuition Must

I didn't know what to expect when we first started touring behind 'Southeastern' because you don't want to lull anybody to sleep or lose their attention. But it's really been incredible how the crowds seem to be just as excited for the slow, sad songs as they are for the old rockers.

Jason Isbell

Sad Sleep Slow Attention You Lose

I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. For part of my life, I was living in Detroit, and I remember a friend of mine commenting she could always tell when I had been speaking to my mother because my New York accent had come back.

Deborah Tannen

Life Friend Mother New York My Life

The quest for Tommy Lee Jones' laugh begins now.

Seth MacFarlane

Laugh Now Quest Begins Tommy Lee

Writing in English was a major challenge. I didn't want other songwriters to write for me. I wanted to preserve the spirit of my songs in Spanish. I am the same Shakira in English as I am in Spanish.

Shakira

Challenge I Am Me Writing Want Same

I had a very embarrassing time acting extremely badly at university, which is when directing suddenly became so attractive.

Marianne Elliott

Time Acting University Attractive