For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer.

Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.

Aristotle

Truth is powerful and it prevails.

Sojourner Truth

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.

John Frankenheimer

Therefore only an utterly senseless person can fail to know that our characters are the result of our conduct.

Aristotle

One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.

Emile Durkheim

When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow -- to the end at all costs.

Harold J. Seymore

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

Marilyn vos Savant

I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.

Jackie Chan

To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents.

Don Piatt

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Harvey Mackay

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

Mary Catherine Bateson, Peripher

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

Blaise Pascal