Writers had a way of redeeming everything that ever happens to them.
Sometimes you go through life and the wrong thing happens.
The thing is, I'm not the only one this consciousness stuff is happening to.
The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.
Lots of young players have triumphed at United, so why can't it happen to me? I'm not worried I'm young - it's an incentive to do the best I can.
The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side.
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.
Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.
That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.
Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.
Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.
I hate when you see a film and after one scene you know what's going to happen and you can predict the whole story.
I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don’t.
My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'
There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.
Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. Polly B. Berends
All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.
Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.
