Quotes: Two from Winston Churchill and one from my high school acting teacher
Thursday, November 29th, 2007“Most people stumble across a great idea at some point in their lives, but they stand up, dust themselves off, and carry on as if nothing happened.”
“Never, never, never give up.”
“The most interesting things usually happen off-stage.”
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The first quote is by way of Michael Neill’s Daily Coaching Tip today entitled “Touchstones.” Michael Neill’s tip changes each day. This quote expresses the frustration that friends and I have had when:
- someone says something life-changing, but
- then seems to forget it a month later, and
- then a year later seems to think of it as if for the first time,
- sometimes cycling like this on and on.
The second quote is by way of those cute little quotations magnets that go on refrigerators, and the actual transcript is online at The Churchill Centre. I feel strong and playful when I hear it, and powerfully silly when I say it.
The third quote is from my high school acting teacher. He said it in Acting I my freshman year.
When he observes what actors do onstage and off, he said, the most interesting things usually happen off-stage when the actors aren’t performing or expecting to be watched. They are just doing what they do naturally, for themselves.
When I heard this I went, “Huh.” Its meaning and importance have grown for me ever since.
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