Right. And our first job is to teach her to give a speech on the Grand Balcony in three days. ” “That does not sound too difficult. Has she done much public speaking?” Amilia forced a smile. “A week ago she said the word no.
. . . you must play for the little fellow in the last row of the balcony who only has fifty cents to pay for a ticket.
I do an opening, and then I go up to the high balcony in the back and watch the bulk of the play, but then I have to leave my seat about seven to 10 minutes before the end of that final big scene. . . and it's a bummer.
Snap. Lady with dog. Lady on sofa half-naked. Snap. Naked lady. Lady next to dresser. Lady at window. Snap. Lady on balcony sunlight. (On New Orleans photographer E. J. Bellocq)
I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else. ” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your balcony door.
My life's work has been to prompt others and be forgotten. Remember that night when Christian came to your balcony? That moment sums up my life. While I was below in the shadows, others climbed up to kiss the sweet rose.
I didn't throw myself off my balcony only because I knew people would photograph me lying dead.
When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at the local club and they would watch from the balcony. They would scream, 'Be quiet' to me and I would scream back, 'Go and have a drink. Leave me alone. ' Then we would drive home in a very quiet car. No one speaking to each other.
I love the sound of snow. . . You can hear it even if you are only standing on a balcony. [The sound] is only minimal, not even a real noise: a breath, a trifle of a sound. You have the same thing in music: if in the score there is a pianissimo marked that ends in nothing. Up thee you can feel this 'nothing'. With an orchestra it is very difficult to achieve it. The Berlin Philharmonic manage it sometimes.
