Majdanpek Quotes & Sayings

My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City. — Ian Gomez

Love who you are and what you are and what you do. Laugh at yourself and at life and nothing can touch you. — Louise Hay

Perhaps one of my biggest lessons was learning the healthy difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive characteristics of behavior. I think this is one of the great balances necessary for healthy individuals and cultures, and I have considered it carefully. To be passive means you don't stand up for your own rights. To be aggressive means that you stand up for your rights while not honoring the rights of others. Both of these patterns of unhealthy behavior were dominant in our society, with men and women in substantial measure and in all of their relationships. What was missing was assertiveness, as it was predominantly programmed right out of us. Assertiveness means that you stand up for your rights while honoring the rights of others. It is difficult to be manipulated or to manipulate others when you are genuinely assertive, so that was why it was a danger in a culture built on manipulation. — Rebecca Musser

Because the shoe looks unassuming. No one expects the shoe to come from behind and win it all. — Mia Sheridan

I snapped my lips shut againt the yes that was about to come out. Could I hit Reth? Could I please, please just ht him? — Kiersten White

Wow. Tough crowd." Ty hummed and looked down at his hands, beginning the tune to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic. — Abigail Roux

Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes,
with a strong memory or fire and brimstone. — Douglas William Jerrold

If you'd told em you killed a blind gramma, they'd have stayed to eat the pizza and cake. Free is free. — Stephen King

O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film. — Mark Bridges

It's when you hide things that you choke on them. — Charles Bukowski

She plucked a rose and held it to her face. She hated the way roses smelled, their sweetness too fragile. She wanted a garden of evergreens. A garden of stones. A garden of swords. — Kiersten White

I find poignancy in the moments when a person realizes that she has made mistakes. I am not as interested in the mistakes themselves as I am with the consequences and how the person responds to her realization. — Dana Spiotta

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me. — Fred Savage

Photography is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. — Alfred Stieglitz