#though

I had never even thought I'd be an actress - I was supposed to be a lawyer. But the motivation is the same: when you act, you defend a role; you have to be convincing. It's the same career. ↗

— Anne Parillaud

#actress #career #convincing #defend #even

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#anything #conclusion #did #ever #forth

We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually. ↗

— Dick Van Patten

#catch #dog #dog food #even #eventually

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#aids #dear #dear friend #early #friend

I can recognize the calls of practically every bird in North America. There are some in Africa I don't know, though. ↗

— Roger Tory Peterson

#america #bird #calls #every #i

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#army #blues #called #first #i

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted. ↗

— Tom Petty

#been #done #granted #i #i think

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#even #feel #give #good #hard

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#happiest people #interesting #most #people #those

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. ↗

— Charlie Parker

#boundary #come #experience #horn #line