#whole

The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme as they may initially seem - must stay utterly rooted in their own reality, or the whole project collapses. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#because #blessing #characters #collapses #constraints

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, that's what we're needing! We've needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine o'clock. ↗

— Kurt Tucholsky

#audience #bleeding #centuries #clock #cries

The Muslims wanted to reign over the whole of Mostar, then gain ground to the sea and finally create an Islamic state. That is what our Croatians defend themselves against. ↗

— Franjo Tudjman

#create #defend #finally #gain #ground

I don't hate myself anymore. I used to hate my work, hated that sexy image, hated those pictures of me onstage, hated that big raunchy person. Onstage, I'm acting the whole time I'm there. As soon as I get out of those songs, I'm Tina again. ↗

— Tina Turner

#again #anymore #big #get #hate

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. ↗

— Tina Turner

#being #black #had #harmony #i

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#i love #lessons #life #lots #love

Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#grand #marvellous #mexico #said #situation

Ya know, right now the most important thing in my life is to make sure you understand that, first of all I thank God I'm alive today, and I mean that. I spent too many years of my life thinking that the big party was the whole thing. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#big #first #first of all #god #i

I've played for the Miami Heat my whole career under Pat Riley. Mr. GQ himself. So when I pick out my outfits before a game, I'm already feeling confident. And some of that swagger stays with me when I take the court. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#before #career #confident #court #feeling

The newer homes did not sustain as much damage because they were built to better safety codes; they were better designed, higher wind loads for the roof. All of those facets made those homes sustain the storm a whole lot better. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#better #built #codes #damage #designed