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You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.
If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.
Intelligence has got the upper hand to such an extent that it transforms the real task into an unreal trick and reality into a play.
Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?
Alas! how little can a moment show Of an eye where feeling plays In ten thousand dewy rays: A face o'er which a thousand shadows go!
I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.
I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it.
If you're mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It's about the same.
I may drink too much and play too loud, hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don't mean I don't respect my mama or Uncle Sam.
You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.
If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.
An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God that'd be a boring career.
Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.
'Grease' is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy.
It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.
Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.
I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts!
It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano.
Love is like fire, a dangerous thing to play with, although the best of friends and the most loyal of servants when rightly handled.
The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.
Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.
I get to play with great friends and a great crew, every day, blowing stuff up and saying evil lines. You can't complain about that.
There are a lot of grown ups who should be sent up to their rooms and told they must stay there until they learn they can play fair.
Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.
I think you have to play your own game and sometimes people don't realise that the play-maker runs the most kilometres on the pitch!
I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.
It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.
A guy like myself wants to make a play and be the difference, but the thing is I have to keep saying to myself to just do what I can.
I'm interested in the feeling of getting to zero after a play, like you're never going to do it again. That's a really scary feeling.
As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.
Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, Im rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.
I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit.
As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear you'll listen.
This is a boyhood dream, but I've always wanted to play the sheriff. I've wanted to be in a Western, in the hat, playing the sheriff.
Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.
I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.
When I started to play consistently and produce consistently, that's when I knew that I could compete and do well in the big leagues.
In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.
There is so much more knowledge than most people realize about how to maximize the benefits of play and minimize the potential harms.
My singing, if you want to call it that is merely another medium of expression. Just an instrument I play. That's how I see my voice.
I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.
I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.
You can see all kinds of matchups within those teams, but I think it's going to come down to who plays best as a team and is patient.
Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.
I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.
For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.
Sometimes there's one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it's so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.