Ultimately, I don’t think you can be a character who’s completely alien or divorced from your own personality. It’s probably true of every writer – it’s probably true of every filmmaker, every songwriter – that, ultimately, every character you create is a facet of yourself. Steven Wilson Read Quote
I know it’s hard for people to imagine a time when ‘Hamilton’ wasn’t ‘Hamilton,’ but for years, it was just this little thing that I was telling people about that didn’t make any sense to anybody as I was describing it. But I loved it. Leslie Odom, Jr. Read Quote
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities… still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Charles Darwin Read Quote
If you’re thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company; let them all in on the truth. Say, ‘Listen, if this gets out, we’ll probably lose the deal, so we’re all in this together.’ Biz Stone Read Quote
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day. Isaac Bashevis Singer Read Quote
There is one simple Divinity found in all things, one fecund Nature, preserving mother of the universe insofar as she diversely communicates herself, casts her light into diverse subjects, and assumes various names. Giordano Bruno Read Quote
I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you’re not going to get noticed. Elton John Read Quote
We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged. John Edward Redmond Read Quote