#ay

In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome. ↗

— Yann Martel

#array #big #big cities #cities #endless

May books spread the world over! ↗

— Yann Martel

#may #over #spread #world

Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fiction #how #imagination #interpret #interpretation

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them. ↗

— Jose Marti

#despite #down #fair #hills #hinder

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. ↗

— Jose Marti

#although #duty #may #seem

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day. ↗

— Marcus Valerius Martial

#day #fear #last #nothing #prefer

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#answer #being #feel #here #i

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#believed #change #character #could #earth

I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go back and do one I hope. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#back #could #done #go #hope

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#always #bags #because #came #children