#ay

To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play. ↗

— Swoosie Kurtz

#getting #honing #me #notes #part

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#because #center #dangerous #job #making

That is a Medieval way of drawing history, in which they do not respect the law and want the rest of the world to respect the law. That's not possible. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#history #law #medieval #possible #respect

The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you propose the movie the way I do, then the language is just one part of the melody. Orchestrating all inside, and the language is following the meaning of what they say, and it's never the same as written. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#even #following #gypsy #i #i do

Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country. ↗

— Emir Kusturica

#awful #basketball #beautiful #became #country

I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#i #maybe #me #music #prefer

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#always #am #body #going #i

You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#better #fall #flip #had #i

While many ethnic and religious groups are mainly focused on the afterlife and downplaying this world, Jews view wealth and success as a blessing and gift from God. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#downplaying-this-world #jewish-wealth #money #religion #wealth

I always thought after 2002 that I'd hang up my skates and turn professional and just go on tour and do shows. But I don't know when it is enough. I mean, I still enjoy it. I'm the luckiest girl alive that I get to perform in front of thousands of people, do what I love doing. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#alive #always #doing #enjoy #enough