I prefer to hear an artist’s work and what they can do, so as far as I’m concerned, I’d get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing. – Jimmy Page
One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted by players who don’t know what they are doing. – Ian Hacking
Don’t just do something because it’s a trendy idea and will make you a lot of money. The reason I say that is because any kind of venture involves going through difficult times. If you’re doing something you are passionate about and really believe in, then that will carry you through. – Jerry Greenfield
I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games. – Julie Benz
I wasn’t really interested in doing anything except going from pilot season to pilot season and sowing my oats in the months between and telling my agency to stop sending me movie scripts, because they’d pile up in my house and make me feel guilty because I had to read them. – Jason Bateman
I think that I’m the same Jan Brewer I was when I first ran for office way back in 1982, which is a few years ago. I always tried to do what I believed is right and I’ve always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that’s what I’m doing when I govern. So, I’m the same Jan Brewer. – Jan Brewer
A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep as it can fall, its gravity remains as before, but it can no longer do work. – Hermann von Helmholtz
I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing the washing up. My sister was four years older, and my brother six years. – Jeremy Irons
I’m sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people. – Jo Brand
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing. – Jack Dorsey
I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I’m not one of those actors. – Ioan Gruffudd
I do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven’t done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer! – Jonathan Brandis
We don’t know who John Brown was, and in many ways, his work shaped where we are today. He was a Pennsylvanian. He was the prototypical Yankee who fought back and suffered in doing so. – James McBride
Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you’re doing is to take chances. You can’t try to stick with what worked last time. – Judd Apatow
When you’re an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can’t fake you or hire another actor to play you. – Jennifer Coolidge
I’ve always strived to keep mixing it up, keep doing different things, and work in all different parts of our business. – Jimmy Smits
I don’t mind doing scripted material. It’s actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet. – John C. Reilly
If somebody’s pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn’t be doing that, follow that finger back, go up the arm and look at the head that’s behind it, because there’s almost always something fairly woolly in there. – Jock Sturges
In a personal context, I’m not in the ground, and I’m not in an institution. So I guess I’m doing pretty good. – John Trudell