#shake

Sweet are the uses of adversity Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #adversity

Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#james #james joyce #joyce #judge #left

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

The elasticity of Shakespeare is extraordinary. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#extraordinary #shakespeare

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth. ↗

— Joyce Brothers

#go #had #juliet #macbeth #never

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#help #make #shakespeare #takes #you

There are songs where no matter how much you know you shouldn't - like the Ying Yang Twins' 'Shake' - I'll be in a dress, and I'll krump to it. It's horrible! ↗

— Anna Chlumsky

#horrible #how #i #know #like

The longer I lived, the longer it would be until I saw him alive again, until I could taste his new lips and run my fingers through his new hair. We could be young and beautiful again . . . ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#desire #dreams #love #meant-to-be #past-lives

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#action #approach #earn #energy #five

Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take us on a journey. All I do is tell those stories without scripts and without actors. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#books #caves #characters #i #i do