Ellen Burstyn Quotes

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

Ellen Burstyn

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TimeInterestingDoingYouPlayWay

I actually got thrown into my Bar Mitzvah because my teacher, my Cantor, did not tell me that they would all say 'amen' at the end of each, for want of a better word, paragraph. And that threw me completely. I almost went into an Ella Fitzgerald sort of scat.

Jeffrey Tambor

TeacherMeEndBetterSayWant

I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.

Tracey Gold

MotherI AmDrunkPersonAgainstAm

I make our family traditions a priority.

Martina McBride

FamilyTraditionsMakeOurPriority

I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

Jason Fried

SimpleProblemsTryingEarlyYoung

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you.

Jonathan Haidt

PeopleImpactLongYouFeelingsOut

'I know this is going to end bad, but I'm going to pretend it's going to end good.' My life's philosophy.

Johnny Knoxville

LifeGoodEndPhilosophyBadKnow

We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.

Dolores O'Riordan

JourneyTogetherBondYouBandJust

I've always loved scuba diving and the cell-tickling feel of being underwater, though it poses unique frustrations. Alone, but with others, you may share the same sights and feelings, but you can't communicate well.

Diane Ackerman

AloneLovedFeelYouUniqueOthers

In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments.

Artur Rodzinski

OrchestraManyTypes

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

Sean Penn

MeDramaDoneNothingEmotionalAny

It is my nature to thin where others read.

Thomas Sydenham

NatureOthersWhereReadThin

I find Shakespeare surprisingly sexual. A lot of his language - a lot - has that kind of sexual innuendo that is at once everywhere but also kinda lost because we have our own innuendo now, our own language.

Renee Elise Goldsberry

LanguageFindLostNowKindOwn

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