#pera

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#big #bipartisan #cooperation #done #get

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#better #broken #clock #conflict #constant

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out. ↗

— Glenn Close

#comes #definition #diva #does #i

Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#celebrated #certain #code #could #create

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it. ↗

— Joan Collins

#actor #any #approbation #get #harder

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#could #forget #funny #get #go

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#be happy #embrace #happy #illusion #must

I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with Soundgarden at Voodoo Fest, all in a week. ↗

— Chris Cornell

#book tour #extreme #go #house #i

I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed. ↗

— Brian Cox

#biggest #both #careers #changed #desperate

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#am #i #i am #like #opera