#ale

I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#grandfather #i #john #kind #loved

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#birds #except #possess #sang #silent

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#approved #choices #dangerous #dangerous place #family life

But I'm a bad priest, you see. I know--from experience--how much beauty Satan carried down with him when he fell. Nobody ever said the fallen angels were the ugly ones. Oh, no, they were just as quick and light and . . . ↗

— Graham Greene

#beauty #male-beauty #sin #beauty

I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#biggest #biggest thing #every #fear #female

Good organization,” said Magnus. “I knew the man who founded it, back in the 1800s. Woolsey Scot. Respectable old werewolf family.” Alec made an ugly sound in the back of his throat. “Did you sleep with him, too?” Magnus’s cat eyes widened. “Alexander! ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #magnus-bane #family

I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted. ↗

— David Duchovny

#actor #feel #granted #hard #i

It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he's a really well trained dog. Very talented. I just had to follow him a little bit, improvise a little bit. Sometimes he'd follow me. Especially because of the sausages I had in my pocket. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#because #bit #dog #easy #especially

God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#androgynous #easier #energy #experience #female

turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#male-beauty #true-love #beauty