#th

They sent me the script, asking me to play the part of a general. I have never played the part of an authority figure. I've never thought of myself that way. I was uncomfortable with it, but I worked at it and knew I had a guttural voice for a general. ↗

— Mark Goddard

#authority #figure #general #had #i

I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!' ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#douglas #history #i #like #makes

I think I would go for a Michael Phelps kind of guy. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#guy #i #i think #kind #michael

Ilene Weiss and I went to Girls High together. ↗

— Julie Gold

#i #together #went

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up. ↗

— Rumer Godden

#book #cat #dead #grown #kittens

Public truth telling is a form of recovery, especially when combined with social action. Sharing traumatic experiences with others enables victims to reconstruct repressed memory, mourn loss, and master helplessness, which is trauma's essential insult. And, by facilitating reconnection to ordinary life, the public testimony helps survivors restore basic trust in a just world and overcome feelings of isolation. But the talking cure is predicated on the existence of a community willing to bear witness. 'Recovery can take place only within the context of relationships,' write Judith Herman. 'It cannot occur in isolation. ↗

— Lawrence N. Powell

#healing #holocaust #recovery #relationships #survival

I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#card #clothing #cowboy #dress #dressed

I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained. ↗

— Roberto Duran

#after #declared #doctors #feel #fighters

I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films. ↗

— Illeana Douglas

#big #big fan #brooks #comedy #fan

He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... ' ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#because #beer #clear #contest #gonna