Pastoral Resources

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.

I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.

When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.

There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years.

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

Everyone loves Disney, it just has a special place in everyone's heart.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer.

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do.