I came to L.A. in 1970, and my desire and my training was to be a studio musician, which I had read about in my senior year in high school. – Harvey Mason, Jr.
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature. – George Pierce Baker
If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write. – Hugh Prather
Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance? – William Shakespeare Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4.
CG can do anything, but it can’t do everything well. What it naturally can do is special effects. But using stop-motion comes from our desire to do handmade stuff. There are always going to be kids who get out whatever it might be – clay, bits of wire, Barbie dolls, Legos. They want to tell little stories. – Henry Selick
Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Try to never say ‘yes’ on the phone; instead, say, ‘I’ll get back to you.’ When you’re actually speaking to someone, the desire to be accommodating is very strong, and can lead you to say ‘yes’ without enough consideration. – Gretchen Rubin
It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be. – Hu Shih
It is not Kafka’s fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature. – Herman Hesse
Teams are made up of a lot of components. They’re made up of hunger, they’re made up of desire, they’re made up of chemistry, and they’re made up of emotion. – H. G. Bissinger
Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. – Herbert Hoover
When I first arrived at the Matignon, my desire was to reconcile Parliament and De Gaulle. I had forgotten only two things. Parliament and De Gaulle. – Georges Pompidou
Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage. – Helen Fisher
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else. – Grimes
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. – Horace Mann
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear. – Henri Nouwen
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. – Henry Fielding
The ability and desire to transform the mundane materials at hand that we both bring into the collaboration well beyond the sum total of the parts – to birth a new baby neither of us could claim single parentage of. – Gary Lucas
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. – Herbert Spencer
There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty. – Helena Christensen
I’m the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That’s no errand for me. – Jock Sturges