I was an English major in college!
Maggie Siff
Recitation: by Male by Female
I was asked to speak at a bar association, because there's an upswing on college applications - in general and for Latinos - because of 'L.A. Law.' I went to a couple of functions, and I just felt an energy: It was, you're doing a good job, but do you realize how important it is?
Jimmy Smits
GoodJobCollegeLawEnergySpeak
I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.
Jewel
When I was in Mexico and started to dream in Spanish, I knew that was a good sign that I was learning the language. It was cool.
Andrea Navedo
LearningGoodCoolLanguageDream
When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment.
John Henrik Clarke
WorldExpectationsPoliticalDream
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.'
Stanley Donen
BusinessMeFlyingDownMoreOld
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
Sophocles
LiveShadowNothingMoreSeeI See
I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I've had.
Shyam Selvadurai
ExperienceLiteratureFindCanada
I enjoyed directing, and I really found that it was a great new field to try my hand in.
Ronald D. Moore
GreatNewHandTryFoundDirecting
Specialization makes it easy to forget about the filth of the coal-fired power plant that is lighting this pristine computer screen, or the backbreaking labor it took to pick the strawberries for my cereal, or the misery of the hog that lived and died so I could enjoy my bacon.
Michael Pollan
PowerPlantEnjoyEasyLaborForget
You want comedic themes to be recogniseable life truths that we all battle with, and with that comes the healing properties of comedy.
Miranda Hart
LifeHealingBattleComedyYouWant
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.
Dirk Benedict
StarsBestMarketingBecomeCraft
I feel that I have an impractical and deleterious snobbery about the relation of literature to the market. I thought, 'I've become the kind of crap you buy at airports!' It was exciting, but it was not a fantasy I'd ever had.
Claire Messud
ThoughtFeelLiteratureYouKind
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