#nin

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#aspects #being #brings #broadened #consciousness

I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo changes. I could never get through the opening number without any mistakes. One day, I went up to Hal Prince and offered to leave the show. He laughed it off. He said, "Don't be silly. That's why we have tryouts." ↗

— Mako

#changes #could #day #difficult #get

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid. ↗

— Rob Mariano

#drive #get #had #i #keys

It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics are just part of that special soul of that human being. ↗

— David Maraniss

#being #characteristics #characters #could #develop

On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent sound like, and the fact that she developed profound deafness when she was first running the Harriet Lane. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#deafness #developed #did #exactly #fact

My idea was to go to Vienna to study conducting and perhaps play in an orchestra first, so I thought before I got to Vienna I could do with a little training in Paris. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#conducting #could #first #go #got

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that. ↗

— Walter Matthau

#after #combine #couple #every #happening

When you've got eight or nine or ten cables running around with someone trying to operate them, it's too much. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#cables #eight #got #much #nine

Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#good workout #luggage #pounds #running #through

We're making it more difficult to obtain the necessary ingredients to produce meth and tightening criminal penalties for those who deal in this dangerous drug. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#criminal penalties #dangerous #dangerous drug #deal #difficult