#sai

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#also #called #clear #had #i

No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#british #british government #cost #country #curiously

I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

#great #her #herself #i #imitate

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#irish #language #like #soothing

I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#bob #comedy #dressing #dressing room #foundation

They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#great #had #number #passage #said

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building. ↗

— Rod Taylor

#building #did #first #first thing #get

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#ball #conscious mind #coverage #discuss #even

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #despair #head #hope #i

I wouldn't believe him if he said the sun came up in the east. ↗

— Thomas Griffith

#came #east #him #i #said