#usual

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#around #break #clear #even #go

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#dream #during #finish #go #i

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#character #emotional #find #i #involvement

When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#after #doing #etc #few #film

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#compromise #compromised #contradictory #defeat #men

Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#advanced #frequency #get #i #most

I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#beautiful #blue #dead #fine #hair

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don't usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#big #camp #focused #good #good managers

My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#deal #english #funny #parents #pretend