#raise

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#author #belong #belongs #betray #ceases

I am far from a perfect dad. And I always will be. But I’m a damn good dad, and my son will always feel bigger than anything life can throw at him. Why? Because I get it. I get the power a dad has in a child’s life, and in a child’s level of self-belief. I get that everything I ever do and ever say to my son will be absorbed, for good or for bad. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards. ↗

— Rihanna

#i #kill #me #mother #nude

That's why I wanted to be part of this AIDS Project Los Angeles party. We help raise funds for those who are having a tough time with some very basic necessities, like shelter, food, and medical care. ↗

— Brande Roderick

#angeles #basic #care #food #funds

Never waste an unsaid word of praise and never praise the said words of anger. ↗

— Terry Blakeman

#anger

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beneath #despot #excellence #given #god

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#artists #besides #claim #feel #great

I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#awareness #been #chronic #disease #education

I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#adversities #background #because #carp #got

I look back on the last 10 years and I have to say I'm proud of what I have accomplished, because I've been able to raise two beautiful children. ↗

— Pamela Anderson

#accomplished #back #beautiful #because #been