Theresa Rebeck Quotes

There are so many people from many different classes and ways of life who converge in one space to make a musical.

Theresa Rebeck

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LifeSpacePeopleDifferentWho

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

Joe Elliott

FeelStageUpGetDifferentReally

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

MyselfMeLovedActingKindShy

Just as I never liked bumper stickers - even though I do brake for animals, and if I had a kid, she would definitely be an honor student - I don't like the idea of expressing my views through social-media-controlled rainbow-or-anything-else-ification.

Meghan Daum

HonorStudentAnimalsNeverSheKid

Prince Paul is another good friend; he's like an older brother. He'll criticise and be brutally honest with you. That's what I like about Paul.

MF Doom

GoodFriendBrotherYouHonestLike

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

Rosanne Cash

LiveWarSmallOthersPlanetIdiocy

I would encourage people to participate in sports. You don't have to dream of being an Olympic or a professional athlete.

Michelle Kwan

SportsPeopleYouDreamProfessional

I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.

Deval Patrick

GreatPoliticsJobDoorThinking

I had a Spanish teacher in high school. I rarely got in trouble in her room because I felt I was disappointing her if I got a bad grade. That had more power over me than teachers who told me I talked too much. That level of respect I had for her made me not want to fail for her.

Clay Aiken

PowerTeacherRespectSchoolMeBad

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.

Brene Brown

MeEnoughAbundanceOppositeKids

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Plato

TeachWellWhoGovernWantsEver

What makes architecture extraordinary is that you're looking at the building, but your peripheral vision is also seeing how it fits within a space. And it's seeing more than one part of the building at one time.

Sydney Pollack

VisionTimeArchitectureSpaceYou

Once 'Walk Two Moons' received the Newbery Medal, I decided to write full-time. Partly because there seemed to be an audience out there who wanted to read what I wanted to write, and partly because I could now support myself financially through writing.

Sharon Creech

MyselfWalkSupportWritingNowOut

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