#craft

So, I lived at the Beijing Opera, I ate there, I learned a craft. And the money we made went into the company. ↗

— John Lone

#beijing #company #craft #i #into

He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#firmly #highest #learns #lesson #progress

That first year at Universal was a big blur and, naturally, I thought they were wasting me. I didn't realize at the time that I was learning my craft and acting more easily in front of the camera. ↗

— Kent McCord

#big #blur #camera #craft #easily

My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#craft #disciplined #father #growing #growing up

So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say - but it's more, they work on it as a craft job. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#big #business #craft #english #generalization

I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries, his tank factories, his aircraft factories, his railway yards. Those were our prime targets. ↗

— George McGovern

#combat #defended #europe #factories #flew

I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#craft #equipped #felt #had #highest

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#best #craft #hard #i #possible

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering. ↗

— Mike Ross

#bring #common-sense #confront #constant #craft

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#actor #craft #need #study #you