"This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."

Idea, Virtue, Selfishness

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"This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."

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"I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons."

Paul Conrad, American Cartoonist

Idea, Cartoons

"You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations."

Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist

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"There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource."

Johnny Vegas, British Comedian

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"I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing."

Kate Smith, American Musician

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"The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea."

John Sebastian, American Musician

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"'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

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"My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors."

Bette Midler, American Actress

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"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"He looked at the silver pocketknife in his hand. An idea came to him " possibly the stupidest, craziest idea he'd had since he thought, Hey, I'll get Percy to swim in the River Styx! He'll love me for that!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character."

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"Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable."

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"To work with a director that has emotional commitment and passion toward the characters, and the piece, and the experiences, it only enriches your work."

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"For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home."

Family

"We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story."

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"Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional."

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"Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons."

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"It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it."

End

"At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life."

Death

"Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes."

Death