I could easily have decided that life was cruel, that being black meant everything was stacked against me.
The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; it's an event.
There's a kind of dynamic quality about theater and that dynamic quality expresses itself in relation to, first of all, the environment in which it's being staged; then the audience, the nature of the audience, the quality of the audience.
I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the staircase in a huge Hollywood mansion.
When we realize that human beings are entering the world constantly and that each being is stamped at the first complete breath with the planetary pattern then in the sky, everyone must necessarily be different from everybody else.
Everyone needs an objective, and everyone needs a goal, and it was frustrating just kind of being at a standstill.
Being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens, that was the greatest moment in my career. And stealing the Stanley Cup in 1978 and bringing it back to my hometown of Thurso.
I want to avoid being labeled a sexy starlet, even at the cost of not working.
I think my gift lies in being a startup entrepreneur and creating environments and experiences.
Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle.
I find Suez astonishing for the first hour. It is a ditch in a desert, but a stunning one. The sensation of being hemmed in by huge ships, moving at a stately pace through a man-made waterway, is extraordinary.
At 18, I could have not been here. I could have been another statistic. All the odds were in favour of my just going to prison at that age. I had no visions of being a superstar.
My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.
Nothing has been given to Deontay Wilder. So with that being said, nothing is going to be taken from me. So I must stay focused. I must. I must. It is an absolute must to stay focused.
I tried being a stay-at-home mom for eight weeks. I like the stay-at-home part. Not too crazy about the mom aspect.
A stay-at-home mom is a working mom. Being a stay-at-home mom is a job.
There's something cool about being a stealth classic.
I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.
Being a best-selling author doesn't make you a millionaire. It's not like Stephen King.
Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.
