#apes

Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#god #gods #human #live #most

Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes. ↗

— Tony Randall

#like #nut #play #tapes #well

I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities. ↗

— Noomi Rapace

#acting #afraid #audiences #being #change

Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lot of time to sit around and visit cafes. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#around #big #budapest #earth #had

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#escapes #ever #except #expense #idea

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#become #determine #helps #life #person

You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#become #environment #events #how #interpret

I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#being #being ignored #good #great #great teachers

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before. ↗

— Eric Rohmer

#before #civilization #content #films #haven

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#doing #front #going #good #i