Laurence Olivier Quotes

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.

Laurence Olivier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 22, 1907 - July 11, 1989

Topics

GreatCultureCitySmallBelieve

I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination.

John C. McGinley

ImaginationBlessedYouBoredGet

I wrote 'Soul Keeping' because we are taught more about how to care for our cars than how to steward our souls. But you cannot have an impactful life with an impoverished soul.

John Ortberg

LifeSoulCareYouMoreBecause

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

Mikhail Gorbachev

LifeDemocracySocialismEveryday

There's nothing like sitting in a completely quiet room, and then the strings start up. It's like when you go to the cinema - the first two or three minutes of any film are amazing. Because the screen is so big. The scale. Directors can pretty much do anything for those first few minutes.

Jonny Greenwood

AmazingStartYouCinemaQuietGo

If you play the guitar, you've got to hold the chords down with one hand while you play with the other, so you're limited to one hand. But the piano is the king of instruments because you have your 10 fingers, which become the 10 members of the orchestra.

Jools Holland

KingGuitarYouDownPlayBecome

I was 17, and a friend said, 'Man, you've got to listen to this song,' and he played 'Man to Man.' From there on, I was hooked on country. Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Clint Black. Every show that came through America West Arena, I was there.

Dierks Bentley

FriendManSongBlackAmericaYou

Our commitment to integrity, our commitment to diversity and inclusion, to respecting our teammates - that's what makes this business work.

Dennis Muilenburg

WorkIntegrityBusinessCommitment

I voted for Obama.

Derek Jeter

ObamaVoted

You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.

Condola Rashad

GirlSchoolHatMeYouDrama

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'

Claire Messud

DogPeopleMeStoryLadyUnknown

The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.

Boomer Esiason

WorkLiveGreatFootballSupport

We know there are a lot of people in the unemployment pool that do not match up in their skill set for what jobs are going to be created, and that's an area we've got to keep pressing on.

Austan Goolsbee

PeoplePoolSkillKnowUpGoing

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