#once

My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#did #friends #had #i #life

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour. ↗

— Amy Tan

#chords #concert #first #first time #get

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone. ↗

— Deborah Tannen

#alone #balancing #communication #concert #conflicting

My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#conceptual #different #different elements #elements #generated

When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#almost #am #color #concentrating #concrete

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#arms #attempting #become #control #convince

The President today once again took the opportunity to reiterate his old, failed national security strategies and present them to the American people as new, dynamic ideas intended to better protect the American people. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american #american people #better #dynamic #failed

A concert is always like a feast day to me. ↗

— James Taylor

#concert #day #feast #like #me

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#interested #music #must #preconceptions #really

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. ↗

— James Taylor

#energy #everyone #get #going #hugely