#gr

The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf actors have often acquired very valuable skills and experience before they get their break. ↗

— Richard Masur

#because #before #break #community #deaf

I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#being #bullied #did #elders #feeling

I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#harvard #i #left #princeton

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#adolescence #eleven #great #had #i

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#actually #between #dislocation #distance #good

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity. ↗

— Johnny Mathis

#celebrity #comes #course #grateful #i

I think breakfast is really important to get a great start to the day, so I can have enough energy to train and everything. ↗

— Jordyn Wieber

#day #energy #enough #everything #get

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #beginning #firmly #ground #in the beginning

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#branches #grow #instinct #just #must

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place. ↗

— Diana Ross

#i #keep #place #priorities #right