George Combe Quotes

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the brief rest and, above all, the admission of pure air, that during the second hour the attention was as completely sustained as during the first.

George Combe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1788 - August 14, 1858

Topics

RestEndAttentionFirstRefreshing

On some sets, if a helicopter goes by, what would normally happen is that somebody would go, 'There's a helicopter. Stop.' I'd never stop for a helicopter. I am always trying to make sure that the machine is in service to the actors.

Jill Soloway

ServiceI AmTryingStopGoNever

It's a real gift to work with my sister. We obviously have such a shorthand communicating with each other that it makes the process easier. And from growing up together and watching so many films together, we ended up with pretty similar taste.

Jennifer Todd

WorkTogetherSisterGrowing UpGift

If I go anywhere else and win a championship, it's not going to be the same. I want to win a championship in Cleveland. That's where I want to stay. I love Cleveland.

Anderson Varejao

LoveWinGoWantSameGoing

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II.

Matthew Macfadyen

LoveFatPlayOldGoneMay

So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level of concern.

Stephen Cambone

WarSupportGroupFighterOffice

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.

Robert De Niro

ChairLongComfortableRightTake

To me, acting doesn't really feel that different, one job to another.

Tom Noonan

JobMeFeelActingDifferentReally

I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world.

Joyce Giraud

BeautyQueenWorldUniverseBuild

In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.

Janice Dickinson

DayFirstEverythingBeing

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.

Brian J. White

CharacterMyselfChallengeDecision

Think about George Orwell's three-minute hate from the novel '1984' and how that left everyone sort of exhausted and able to live their boring humdrum lives. If our lives are going to continue being unfulfilled and boring, perhaps we do need some sort of short-term violent chaos incorporated into them, to make them more palatable.

Chuck Palahniuk

LiveHateChaosThinkBoringNeed

I always compare myself to the best.

Bradley Wiggins

MyselfBestAlwaysCompare

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