Terry Teachout
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10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... ROGER STONE JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Life is a risk. CARMELO ANTHONY HARRY STYLES BRIAN ENO It's small, very small. If you're sweating, they're going to see it. If you spit, they're going to s... CARA MCCULLEY SANDRA TSING LOH I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, i... ELIZABETH OLSEN ANTHONY T. HINCKS BEBE REXHA PAT CONROY POPE FRANCIS It's a real shame, ... I think we're in a period where theater has gotten intimidated by the power o... HEATHER MCDONALD TAYE DIGGS V. S. NAIPAUL JEFFREY FRY I saw that there is no Nature,ALBERTO CAEIRO People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. F... TOM HOLLANDER SUFJAN STEVENS I was probably singing before I could talk. Musical theater is my passion. If I could afford it, I w... BETHANY JOY LENZ It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that ... PABLO SCHREIBER Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS DEYTH BANGER All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation'... ESTELLE PARSONS It's a channel for the creation generation. It's not just TV and film, it's dance, music, theater, d... SHANE WALKER WALTER BAGEHOT LAURYN HILL ANNE WILSON SCHAEF MELANIE CHISHOLM His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING TAMMARA WEBBER EZRA MILLER I think whatever art form you're in, whether TV, film or theater, you should know the history of... KEVIN CHAMBERLIN I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read. ALBERTO CAEIRO With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there&#... DAN FUTTERMAN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE C. JOYBELL C. L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like y... ISRAEL HOROVITZ BILLY IDOL Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film. TED SHACKELFORD The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television. PATTI LUPONE I went to a theater arts school, so I'm interested in many different projects, whether it be fil... DEREK HOUGH Today's restaurant is theater on a grand scale. MARIAN BURROS The language of film is further and further away from the language of theater and is closer to music... EMMANUEL LUBEZKI NEIL GAIMAN Journalism as theater [is what] TV news is. THOMAS GRIFFITH Journalism as theater is what TV news is. THOMAS GRIFFITH I take the good with the bad. I always wanted to be a comic, and part of that, for me, was that I wa... ERIK GRIFFIN CORITA KENT BEAH RICHARDS HAROLD PRINCE STERLING K. BROWN I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either... ESTELLE PARSONS I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art his... GEORGE HICKENLOOPER LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA ROBERT GOTTLIEB I have a Tony Award now. It hasn't changed too much in the theater world, but it gives me entree... CASEY NICHOLAW The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is... DREW BREES KEITH HARING SUGAR RAY LEONARD What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, w... DANIEL DAE KIM I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still don't. My strength is languag... LIEV SCHREIBER Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. SHIRLEY KNIGHT What makes this show so good for the theater and the community is that it builds a diverse audience. HARRY BRYCE A lot of people say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. I don't think there's a fine li... BILL BAILEY DANNY MEYER JAMES DYSON VOLTAIRE LIL WAYNE
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The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... 
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Life Is a Misconception. 
Life is a desire! 
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