"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once." --Julius Caesar--Shakespeare
"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world and that is an idea whose time has come." --Victor Hugo
"Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed."--King Henry the Sixth, Part I--William Shakespeare
"I never saw wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself." -- D.H. Lawrence
"Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters"-- Seneca
"If we must suffer, suffer into truth."--Greek proverb
"And worse I may be yet: the worst is not, so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' "--King Lear--Shakespeare
"Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power." --Ovid
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."--Walt Disney
"Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile." --Franklin P. Jones
Theatre:
Of course, I would want to meet William Shakespeare if he were still alive. He must have had some interesting things to say. As for the living: Peter Brook, Gene Wilder, Hugh Jackman, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Johnny Depp and maybe you.
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Cole Porter, Matt Kearney, Billy Idol, Shakespeare's Backup Band, KT Tunstall, Sugarland, Norah Jones, Snow Patrol, Imogen Heap, Cold Play, Fallout Boy, Queen, Weezer, U2, Creed, Counting Crows, Tori Amos, Hootie and the Blowfish, Beatles, The Killers, Led Zepplin, Guns n Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Foo Fighters, Sugar Ray, Sum 41, Big and Rich, Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, David Bowie, Train, Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, all country, Musicals, all oldies, and just about everything else.
The Princess Bride, Stage Beauty, Shooter, The Miricle Worker, The Prestige, The Devil Wears Prada, The Merchant of Vennice, Gattaca, Labryinth, Rudy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Uncle Buck, 10 Things I Hate About You, Birdcage, Life as a House, Shrek, Chicago, The Miracle Worker, Big Fish, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Young Frankenstein, Singin' in the Rain, A Knights Tale, The Mummy, The Cutting Edge, Enemy at the Gates, MIB, Zoolander, Cabaret, Footloose, I Capture the Castle, Stuck on You, Brothers Grimme, Must Love Dogs, Pretty Woman, Clueless, The Saint, Death to Smoochy, Fight Club, Forest Gump, Ever After, Three Kings, With Honors, Moulin Rouge... the list goes on and on.
24, LOST, Grey's Anatomy, House, Jeopardy, Medium, Mythbusters and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy..
The Princess Bride, 1984, Leaves of Grass, King Lear, Measure for Measure (and anything else Shakespeare), The Great Gatsby, The Croniles of Narnia, Enemy at the Gates, Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Just Like Heaven, The Notebook, Le Morte D'Arthur, Laughing Wild, Agnes of God, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Grimmes Fairy Tales, Vanity Fair, Les Miserables, I Capture the Castle, and many more. What can I say, I'm a big romantic nerd.
My parents, Helen Keller and Jeff the Pirate! (inside joke, sorry)