Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
Epictetus
Recitation: by Male by Female
I was trained classically in violin and voice, which led to musical theater. Then I left the music scene to chase acting, which is when 'Neighbours' came along. It was a fantastic playground for actors, and the cast around me taught me a lot.
Jesse Spencer
MusicMeVoiceActingPlayground
I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.
Jerry Della Femina
FoodWarPeopleMeThoughtVillage
When you're writing there's a deep, deep level of concentration way below your normal self. This strange voice, these strange sentences come out of you.
John Banville
WritingVoiceDeepSelfYouStrange
My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.
Maz Jobrani
FatherBusinessCultureParentsLine
I realized early on that I always hated girls who used their femininity to get what they wanted.
Amy Locane
EarlyAlwaysFemininityUsedGet
L.A. is like an oil rig. It's not pretty. It's awful. The air is bad, the view is bad, the people are bad.
Robert Ben Garant
PeopleViewBadOilAirPretty
I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.
Robert Winston
PeopleThinkMediaDeserveCelebrity
When Americans support using our military abroad, they want to see a clear plan. They want to know what they need to do and when - and policymakers want to know that there's broad public support for the effort.
Ron DeSantis
EffortSupportPlanKnowWantNeed
I usually joke around, especially on set.
Michael Pena
JokeSetAround
Music videos may seem old hat now, but let me tell you, in the summer of 1981, MTV was indubitably the coolest thing ever invented. And the people who were in the videos... coolest people ever. No question.
Julia Quinn
MusicHatPeopleMeYouSummer
Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all, and we are becoming more of one society, of a global society, so something that happens in the Middle East or something that happens in Africa, something that happens in Asia, affects all of us.
Don Lemon
SocietyPersonAfricaMoreMiddle
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' 'Here we are now/Entertain us' - the irony, the antagonism; that's always stuck with me.
Corey Taylor
TeenMeYouSpiritIronyLine
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