Beltrim Quotes & Sayings

Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings. — Rose Tremain

I certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character. — Peter Jacobson

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats. Go back, discover the greats, and take it from there. — Carmen Ejogo

It's a great time to be a comedian because you've got so much more control. You can say what you want to. I think in the old days with the studio system the performer was a bit of an afterthought. You can be a wildcard on the internet. But if you put something on the internet once it's out there it's out there for life. — Bill Burr

If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to every image and sound, then the copyright system is burdening creativity in a way that has never been seen before because there are no formalities. — Lawrence Lessig

What heart can think, or tongue express, The harm that groweth of idleness? — John Heywood

I am allergic to cats, the cat in 'Don't Stop' was actually a very small fury human. — Ashton Irwin

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. — Mos Def

I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can. — Dave Lombardo

This affliction
hope
is so cruel and stubborn, I believe it will kill me — Patricia McCormick

Mr. Nath and I talked further about the pilgrimage. Examining his hand he said, 'I wonder what it will look like after I finish this pilgrimage.'
What do you mean?' I asked. 'Do you expect this pilgrimage to change your hand?'
It must,' he replied. 'This pilgrimage changes one's life. The change must be evident in the lines of one's hands. — David L. Haberman

But with the hours I sometimes kept at the coffeehouse I had to have learned to take naps during the day or die, and I had learned to take naps. Up until five months ago "something or other or die" had always seemed like a plain choice in favor of the something or other. — Robin McKinley