David Byrne Quotes

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

David Byrne

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MusicMeWorldPersonPlayLast

I think what actors have to do, what performers have to do to emotionally get to that place and have a camera and have your face 20 feet high on a screen, is such an incredible thing.

John Hillcoat

FeetFaceThinkCameraPlaceHigh

All of the universe will be divided into two parts.

Jeff Rich

UniverseWillTwoDividedParts

I remember learning new words, trying to figure out what common things like cider, finding myself upset that my parents couldn't help me understand this new culture, that it was up to me to interpret for them as well as myself.

An Na

LearningMyselfCultureWordsMe

The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.

Stephen Hawking

WorldPerceptionGamesOurAbout

The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.

Stella Adler

WorkMindVoiceBodyImportantMost

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.

Sophia Amoruso

PhilosophyYouMoreThingsSell

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

Robert Capa

StandEasyAlwaysAnythingAround

When you're young and you're striving, it's all uphill, and it's easier to climb. Then, when you get and look around, you sort of say, 'Wow, the altitude's kinda thin up here!'

Ron Howard

ClimbYouLookStrivingYoungSay

Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story.

Mikhail Bulgakov

NightStoryShortTrainNewspaper

We left Egypt when I was seven, and we didn't return until I was 21. My teen years were divided between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Up until we left the U.K., it was like your regular teenage years. The one thing I remember is that I couldn't date. That was one thing my parents made very clear.

Mona Eltahawy

TeenParentsRememberEgyptDivided

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The punctuation police are everywhere!

Dorothea Benton Frank

GreatPoliceYouKnowWantWhy

At school, I felt out of place. I was bullied. I would think, 'These kids don't like me, they don't accept me,' but I felt like in the entertainment industry, I would fit in.

Dove Cameron

SchoolMeThinkPlaceAcceptOut

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