Master Quotes - page 13

I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently. (Boris Kodjoe)
The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now. View quote
Barbara Deming
You need to put what you learn into practice and do it over and over again until it's a habit. I always say, 'Seeing is not believing. Doing is believing.' There is a lot to learn about fitness, nutrition and emotions, but once you do, you can master them instead of them mastering you. View quote
Brett Hoebel
Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows. View quote
Compay Segundo
Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse. View quote
Cassandra Wilson
It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience. View quote
D. W. Griffith
I like entertainment and think mastery is good, though I don't feel like a master. If a theme means having a story that's legible, then that's certainly what we do. But we don't treat design as an add-on layer. View quote
David Rockwell
There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work. View quote
Debbie Allen
My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing. View quote
Don Knotts
I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal that there's an even bigger puppet master up above and beyond him. (Dan Fogelman)
I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was - and is. Surely his record for versatility, studied characterization - ranging from modern colloquial to the classics - and artistic integrity is unsurpassed. View quote
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it. View quote
Ely Culbertson
I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do. View quote
Eric Williams
I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys. View quote
Faye Dunaway
God cannot approve of a system of servitude, in which the master is guilty of assuming absolute power - of assuming God's place and relation towards his fellow-men. View quote
Gerrit Smith
It's not like I have a master plan or anything. View quote
Gretchen Mol
Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change. View quote
George Ayittey
Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? View quote
Hugh Mackay
But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import. View quote
Harriet Ann Jacobs
If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year. (Harriet Ann Jacobs)
For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood. View quote
Harriet Ann Jacobs
We're in a post-conceptual era where it's really the artist's idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman. View quote
Jeffrey Deitch
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. View quote
Jon Landau
Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. View quote
Jonathan Lethem