#except

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#actor #always #chair #character #craft

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#die #except #fact #homes #like

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#always #exceptions #harbinger #new #old

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. ↗

— Colin Firth

#biggest #coast #east #east coast #exceptions

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#except #future #i #i am #in the past

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#being #equal #equals #every #except

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#english #except #happiness #love #novel

What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things? ↗

— George Villiers

#devil #does #except #fine #plot

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#exception #haven #i #rule #unemployed

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#accurate #american #american values #bit #call