#ear

I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way. That's why I resist being appropriated as the current repository of Shakespeare on the planet. That would mean I'm part of the English cultural elite, and I am utterly ill-fitted to be. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#appropriated #being #british #cultural #current

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#alec #anthony #anthony hopkins #being #derek

The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#extraordinary #shakespeare

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least I'd know that I tried. ↗

— Michelle Branch

#figured #followed #heart #i #i tried

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#enthusiasm #everything #feared #great #inspiration

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#ignorance #our #proportion #them #things

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach. ↗

— Bobby Bowden

#coach #explain #happen #happened #kind

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#because #break #create #each #ever

I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating Bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#bad #bill #bill clinton #clinton #dating