Laide Quotes & Sayings

I like the idea of playing people outside of society. That's where I tend to be drawn. — Sean Harris

Have you seen interviews with the young John Lennon or Bob Dylan, when the reporter tries to ask about their personal selves? The boys deflect these queries with withering sarcasm. Why? Because Lennon and Dylan know that the part of them that writes the songs is not "them," not the personal self that is of such surpassing fascination to their boneheaded interrogators. Lennon and Dylan also know that the part of themselves that does the writing is too sacred, too precious, too fragile to be redacted into sound bites for the titillation of would-be idolators (who are themselves caught up in their own Resistance). — Steven Pressfield

Looks like someone's suffering the Winner's Curse. — Marie Rutkoski

One reproduces only that which is striking; that is to say, the necessary. Thus, one's recollections and inventions are liberated from the tyranny which nature exerts. — Edgar Degas

There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone. — Marcus Brigstocke

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not. — Henry Cloud

When you're performing on Broadway every night, you're so much more accessible to people in the industry. Everybody is going to know who you are. — Jeremy Jordan

Jolie laide = "pretty ugly"
Draws you to it ... bored into heart and mind. — Justina Chen