Quotes About Dedication

Now he had her full attention. Not only because she wanted to know what had happened, but because anyone who'd get up at two in the morning to smack a melon in the dark deserved attention. Perhaps even medical attention.

When a woman commits to something she does it with both her heart and her head. Very powerful.

Why be a saint unless you could also be a martyr?

All my works have vessels of some sort. Containers. Sometimes it's in the negative space, sometimes it's more obvious ... He's very loyal. He puts everything he has into one thing. one interest, one hobby, one friend, one love. I'm his love and it scares the shit out of me ... He's poured all his love into me. I'm his vessel. But suppose I crack? Suppose I break? Suppose I die? What would he do?

carried on round pianos

Only while on a murder case did he drink fast-food coffee. It was so associated in his mind with the teamwork, the long hours, the standing in cold, damp fields, that his heart raced every time he smelt industrial coffee and wet cardboard.

and volunteering in the community. Mind, body, and spirit, the cadets were told. Over and

Now he had her full attention. Not only because she wanted to know what had happened, but because anyone who'd get up at two in the morning to smack a melon in the dark deserves attention. Perhaps even medical attention.

what often distinguished great people of the arts wasn't genius, but perseverance.

Golf is very much like a love affair, if you don't take it seriously, it's no fun, if you do, it breaks your heart. Don't break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.

There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the only patient reader, for my aim is merely self-expression.

A Master Craftsman of Acting, like Daniel Day-Lewis, spends years selecting, preparing, and acting for just a single film. He is not like Nicolas Cage who always just plays Nicolas Cage in every film.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

The best person to get something done is a busy person

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into it's secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

I only live in my music, and I have scarcely begun one thing when I start on another. As I am now working, I am often engaged on three or four things at the same time.

Everything that is called life should be sacrificed to the sublime and be a sanctuary of art

Sacrifice once and for all the trivialities of social life to your art.

To make a mistake is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable.

To play without passion is inexcusable!