Stage Quotes - Page 17

• As I stepped to the stage to pick up my degree, and the locusts sang off in the distance.

  Bob Dylan

  Education, Distance, Degrees

  Song: Day of The Locusts, Album: New Morning, 1970

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• We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdeveloped of the world, is to eliminate the foundations of imperialism: our oppressed nations, from where they extract capital, raw materials, technicians, and cheap labor, and to which they export new capital-instruments of domination-arms and all kinds of articles, thus submerging us in an absolute dependence.

  Che Guevara

  Freedom, Struggle, Responsibility

  Che Guevara (2002). “Guerrilla Warfare”, p.172, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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• The stage is near and dear to me.

  Bela Lugosi

  Dear

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• I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's never been my thought. My thought since I was a child was really to design those shoes for girls on stage.

  Christian Louboutin

  Girl, Fashion, Children

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• It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.

  George Lopez

  June, Firsts, Quitting

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• I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound a great deal, I re-read Williams, I re-read Thomas, I re-read the people whom I cam to love when I was at what you might call a formative stage.

  James Laughlin

  Thinking, People, Might

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• In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction.

  Alexander Dale Oen

  Swimming, Dancer, Ballet

  "With Alexander Dale Oen's sudden death, Norway lost a hero" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2012.

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• As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

  Andrej Pejic

  Kids, Gender, Barriers

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• I'm a stage actor, and we never get to see our performances.

  Clarke Peters

  Stage Actors, Actors, Performances

  "Is this it?". Interview with Adrian Lobb, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2009.

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• I like to talk while I'm on stage. It makes the show more personal. With that said, it's got to stay within reason or it's annoying.

  Ron Pope

  Annoying, Reason, Said

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• My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

  Chris Pine

  Dad, Crazy, Grandmother

  "Pine Was Destined To Act" by wenn.com, November 12, 2010.

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• The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.

  Christopher Plummer

  Sweet, Father, Talking

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• "Evita" obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.

  Elaine Paige

  Musical, Special, Firsts

  "Elaine Paige's Musical Life, Lived On Stage". "Weekend Edition" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 9, 2011.

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• I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way.

  Jeremy Piven

  Way, Grew, Projects

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• I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

  Jeremy Piven

  Chicago, Stage Actors, Actors

  "Actor Jeremy Piven". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 2, 2013.

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• When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.

  Jeremy Piven

  Growing Up, Growing

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. December 16, 2011.

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• Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.

  Jeremy Piven

  Reality, Sharks, Opposites

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• I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Stupid, Thinking, People

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• The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.

  Oliver Platt

  New York, Kids, Stage Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all.

  Oscar Pistorius

  Team, Race, Games

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

  Sean Parker

  Talent, Results, Drains

  "Sean Parker: 'Little Startups Are Ridiculously Over-Funded'". techcrunch.com. November 15, 2011.

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• I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

  Tom Perrotta

  Dream, Guitar, Play

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• The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.

  Colin Quinn

  Crazy, Self Esteem, Play

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• I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player.

  Angela Ruggiero

  Hockey, Player, Thinking

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• If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Workout, Acting, Naked

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