Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most. Roman Coppola callculturedress share on social
One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience. Bill Nighy actorassumecase Change image and share on social
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. Charles Buxton abilitydueexperience Change image and share on social
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. Gail Godwin experiencepeoplepremium Change image and share on social
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India. Hu Shih chineseeuropeexperience Change image and share on social
In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience. Dakota Fanning backexperiencehurry share on social
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure. Dan O'Brien baseballcoachcollege share on social
My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually. I'm bilingual, so I had experience with French. Celine Buckens bearbelgianbilingual Change image and share on social
There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem. David Chalmers consciousexperiencehard Change image and share on social
It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses. Peter Shaffer attractiveblinddeep share on social