James Gleason quotes

James Gleason quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It's better to star in Oshkosh than to starve on Broadway.”
-- James Gleason

#Stars Quotes #Broadway Quotes

“Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1998). “Glare”, p.10, W. W. Norton & Company
“We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.”

Source : A. S. King (2014). “Glory O'Brien's History of the Future”, p.80, Hachette UK
“Poetry is a way for me to explore a tingly feeling, to let it play itself out, and also to map it. I feel like I'm making little star maps when I write poems.”
“A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.”
“There are no Asian movie stars”
“Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full and glorious manner! Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying! Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing!”

Source : Abraham Coles (1880). “The microcosm, and other poems”
“We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.”
“Maybe I could be Supergirl on Broadway! That would be perfect.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.”

Source : "Andrew Rannells: Gay And Serious In 'New Normal'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 10, 2012.
“When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.”

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