Play Quotes - Page 40

• I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play.

  Mako Iwamatsu

  School, Moon, America

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Man is in pursuit of two goals: he is looking for happinesse and, being by essence empty ("étant vide par essence", Fr.), he is trying to fill (or take up, - "remplir", Fr.) his life; the latter reason play a more considerable role than we ordinarily think. What we take for vainglory, ambition, love of power and riches (or wealth), is often, indeed, a need to mask this emptiness, a need to let one's hair down (or to live it up), to put oneself on a false scent or trail. (de se donner le change", Fr.)

  African Spir

  Ambition, Men, Thinking

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 56), 1937.

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• Experience shows that what great role pratice and experience play in education; pratice, the prolonged exercice lead to habit: exemple suggests imitation. Habit can become a second nature, but, wrongly directed (or guided), it may also heighten (or intensify) unfortunate tendencies and be an obstacle to progress.

  African Spir

  Progress, May, Roles

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 57), 1937.

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• In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishes him.

  Francois Magendie

  Simple, Physicians, Medical Science

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• In the second half of life, the questions become: 'Who, apart from the roles you play, are you? What does the soul ask of you? Do you have the wherewithal to shift course, to deconstruct your painfully achieved identity, risking failure, marginalization and loss of collective approval?' No small task.

  James Hollis

  Loss, Soul, Identity

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• To play well, you need good players, but a good player almost always has the problem of a lack of efficiency. He always wants to do things prettier than strictly necessary.

  Johan Cruijff

  Player, Needs, Want

  "The 'Other' Football: A fond farewell to a 'Total' legend of the game, Johan Cruyff" by Justin Saj, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2016.

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• If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

  Johan Cruijff

  Balls, Possession, Ifs

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• Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

  Johan Cruijff

  Football, Offensive, Convince

  "Cruyff Says 4-5-1 Is a Sign of Bunker Mentality" by Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2005.

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• I look at Messi, and he makes me laugh. A beautiful footballer who is still like a kid. A world superstar, but still a kid. Innocent, you know. He just plays.

  Johan Cruijff

  Beautiful, Kids, Laughing

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• I play a bad boy on television, but in real life I have a passion for nature and nature conservancy, specifically bird rehabilitation.

  Mark Salling

  Real, Passion, Boys

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• You dont want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.

  Matthew Morrison

  Perfect, Care, Want

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• Theres a great sense of achievement, testosterone, fun, being able to live out your masculinity when you play an action role or an action-adventure or a real tough-guy role.

  Gerard Butler

  Fun, Real, Adventure

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2011.

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• In the years that Ive seen concerts, when Ive paid to see somebody I want to see, there would be a certain amount of songs Id want to hear. So whether its stuff I want to play every night or not - or stuff Ive been playing for years or stuff you get tired of playing - you have to play what people pay for and make it fair for them.

  Toby Keith

  Song, Tired, Night

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• I am a hopeless romantic who falls in lust and gets in trouble. I love my work and am very productive, yet I always find time to play.

  Maksim Chmerkovskiy

  Fall, Lust, Hopeless Romantic

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• If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.

  DJ Qualls

  Real, Emotional, Order

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. Alas, poor Yorick, that's about death. And in Romeo and Juliet everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.

  Ray Winstone

  Sex, Drama, Dying

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, "Oh, we should film this." As opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.

  Clive Owen

  Thinking, Actors, Film

  "Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Jude Law talk Closer". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. December 3, 2004.

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• I'm open to anything. I would love to play someone completely off the wall.

  Selma Blair

  Wall, Off The Wall

  "Selma Blair's Praying for A Breakout Role". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. April 11, 2011.

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• Tim Price is truly blessed - he plays music because he loves it.

  Charles Lloyd

  Blessed, Music Is

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• I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

  Eddie Murphy

  Guitar, Want

  FaceBook post by Eddie Murphy from Nov 01, 2011

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• I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

  Alan Tudyk

  Tools, Stage Actors, Given

  "Alan Tudyk Talks TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, SUBURGATORY, and Working With Joss Whedon". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 28, 2011.

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• I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could just hear something and play it.

  Richie Havens

  Father, Believe, Player

  "Folk singer Richie Havens dead at 72" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2013.

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• I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!

  Peter Capaldi

  Hate, Meals, Quiet

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• I enjoy doing martial arts films, but I like the straight stuff, too. I'd like to go back and do some Shakespeare, and maybe knock out a play or two. It's all about keeping balance.

  Thomas Ian Griffith

  Art, Two, Balance

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

  Ben Whishaw

  Character, Opportunity

  "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012.

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