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It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit. ↗

— George Lopez

#everything #first #first time #i #i quit

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves. ↗

— George Lopez

#awful #because #bottle #calm #character

It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true. ↗

— Sophia Loren

#great #great advantage #philosophy #substantially #system

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#happiness #mere #others #some #stagnation

I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home. ↗

— James MacArthur

#give #home #i #motion #motion picture

Calculation has its advantages, but no one likes naked calculation. ↗

— Rich Lowry

#calculation #likes #naked

I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life. ↗

— Patti LuPone

#ago #david #door #feet #get

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. ↗

— Lucan

#given #hostages #i #sons #them

The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts - to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of. ↗

— Gary Lucas

#baby #beyond #birth #both #bring

It was just really, really tough getting anything when you were a female. Basically, I just took advantage of everything I could. But when people are going to flat out tell you they're not going to hire anyone that's female, there's not much you can do about it. ↗

— Shannon Lucid

#advantage #anyone #anything #basically #could