I was just listening to River of Dreams and this particular set of lyrics seemed to resonate with me:
"I don't know why I go walking at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is I've been looking for..."
-Billy Joel
I haven't seen this yet (it's closing next month) - does anyone want to take a trip to the city to see it with me?
"What do you do with a B.A. in English
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge
Have earned me this useless degree.
I can't pay the bills yet,'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.
But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,To the human race."
-Avenue Q
That's pretty much the story of my life in a nutshell.
This is from a somewhat obscure Sherman Brothers musical version of Cinderella starring Richard Chamberlin called "The Slipper and the Rose." Nobody I know has ever really seen or heard of it, but it's FABULOUS as far as musicals go - there is more focus on the prince's story line and he and Cinderella actually have to overcome a few obstacles in order to be together. There's also fabulous period costumes, fun dance numbers, and political commentary.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075232/
"Things have changed...but that doesn't mean to say they won't change again."
- Fairy Godmother, The Slipper and the Rose
If anyone was curious, this is where the name of my blog comes from:
" When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window."
- Maria, The Sound of Music (played by the fabulous Julie Andrews, one of my idols)
The next two quotes are kind of random...I just really like them:
“There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then it's up to you to make it happen.” -Jenna Elfman as a Stripper-Angel, Can't Hardly Wait
"Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Is Sound of Music really the origin of that "window" line? I thought it was a lot older. Actually, I thought it might be from the Bible. But now I realize that probably doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteIt may actually be older, but it seems that most people associate it with The Sound of Music. I found a similar quote attributed to both Helen Keller and and Alexander Graham Bell: “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
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