#stage

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#either #enterprises #fortune #given #great

The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty. ↗

— Thomas Griffith

#analyzed #anticipated #interest #new #news

It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance or a song or sketch, the applause which you get is not only because you yourself have done your best, but because each of those men is seeing in you someone he loves at home, and because of you is able to forget for a little while the unhappiness of not being in his home, and in some cases the great tragedy of not knowing what has happened to the children in his family. ↗

— Noel Streatfeild

#applause #dancing #singing #stage #theater

People assume that because you have graced the same stage as the star act, in front of thousands, you must be reaping similar financial rewards. This is a complete fallacy. ↗

— John Barrow

#assume #because #complete #fallacy #financial

When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about. ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#anything #everything #forgotten #gives #going

I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that. ↗

— Todd Barry

#always #anything #get #had #i

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#between #both #difference #feel #films

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#great #luminous #ones #stage

I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#accomplish #accomplished #basketball #basketball court #court

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills. ↗

— Kabir Bedi

#bills #i #i love #love #pay