The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52.
San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It's a great setting for a horror story.
I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.
One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.
There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and Karen Armstrong's biography of Buddha, which is a great book.
I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.
I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.
It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.
I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a great deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.
There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein.
That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.
Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.
I dated someone in the '90s who was really into Metallica, and I remember thinking at the time, 'That just sounds so heavy and hard.' But they have great ballads! Great ballads.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.
I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants.
A lot of times you have to dip into the independent world to find the really great projects and the really great scripts. They're out there - you just have to search hard.
