And I've always been fascinated with nuns, and I have a nun collection, I've been collecting nuns for 20 years. My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater. “I also told him about the dramatic, vivid verbal picture of God that the nuns drew for us—an enormous, slightly dangerous and very touchy guy with white hair and a long white beard. Rev. JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. The Nun's Story is a 1959 Warner Brothers film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans and Peggy Ashcroft. I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. I'm not sure you can lindy hop to 'We're All In This Together,' but I'm sure the nuns would welcome Zac Efron round for tea! As long as they're laughing.'. Especially Sister Mary Bitch-and-a-Half. She put me in a oratorical competitive program. 20 Oct. 2020. A side-by-side No Fear translation of The Canterbury Tales The Nun’s Priest’s Tale: Page 9 It was fun, but when I was 15, I said, 'Mum, that's it - I need to go where there are some boys.'. A delicate pinkish-white dove sat on the edge of the windowpane, wings-aflutter, a reminder of God’s Spirit descending from on high, ever watchful on the affairs of men and the Church. I seem to fail in charity, humility, and obedience. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the The Nun's Story movie on Quotes.net One of them teaches English and the other American Government. Pride is not been burnt out of me. I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. Audrey Hepburn at The Nun’s Story premiere in Rome, October 8th, 1959. With Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft. June 8, 1959: Audrey Hepburn in 'The Nuns Story', 3623-104 "Nun's Story, The" Audrey Hepburn on the set, Hello! When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean. 5 stars for the incredible and unique movie The Nun's Story.. 5 stars for incomparable Audrey Hepburn. None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. You might be made an example of for sleeping in the wrong position, or sneezing at mass. The rest of it I think stinks to the high heavens. Silly bad thing. I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time. I wrestled with my Catholicism for a long time. Audrey: The 50s by David Wills You may know David Wills from his previous book Audrey: The 60s. Explore Dovima-2010's photos on Flickr. Gabrielle Van Der Mal: Prayer: "Lord, the more I try, the more imperfect I become. A nun should reject the secular world and cling to prayer and God, but instead, Chaucer's Nun is mainly concerned with how others see her. I cleared my throat. I used to want to be one when I was a kid. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' It took a long time to escape. 'Philomena' was even better than I had expected. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. My second blog is about street fashion: http://anajidijana.tumblr.com/, "The Nun's Story" Audrey Hepburn 1958 Warner Brothers, “ Audrey Hepburn on the set of The nun’s story, 1959 ”. She shrugged. Without rules, there was only anarchy. I'd the upbringing a nun would envy. We have been taught to forgive. When she told me I'd have to be a nun, I looked at her and said, 'I'm not following anyone.'. How poignant that she should have dedicated her life in this way. Clothes are a kind of uniform. Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers. That too, she knew was a characteristic of the tubercular - the very quality, in fact, which made them such interesting patients.” ― Kathryn Hulme, The Nun's Story Dirty raggedy scamp. When I succeed in obeying the rule, I fail at the same time because I have pride in succeeding. I consume, I burn away, always lighting the same corner, always beleaguered by the same shadows; and in the end I shall burn out and another candle will be fixed in my stead.”, “How the vulgar loved portents, prodigies and the untoward. Nun Prioress, lead nun, flirty (breaks chastity vow), fat (understatement), wears flashy accessories, fakes her good manners (hyperbole), gives dog expensive meat and milk (breaks poverty vow) And took the modern world's more spacious way. The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. I went to an all-girls' Christian convent school run by nuns. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes. Sister Luke: Pride has not been burned out of me. ", “She lay outside in the courtyard, staring up at the raindrops… feeling them hit her body… trying to guess where one would land next. It wasn't suitable for me. But the Vatican, that's another story. “Ladies glisten, men perspire, horses sweat. When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. Beside it, six tall arched windows pierced the north wall and another four in the semicircular apse, but the south wall, which abutted the convent, had four windows painted on the wall to balance the symmetry of architecture. I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. They're kind of like nuns of fashion. She would have in tow one or two slower-footed, sari-clad young Indian nuns. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? Writing with your left hand, losing a stud off your boot. 'All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark Gable; Alda, a young woman with a secret who is preparing to become a nun but is cast out of her convent; and the scenic artist she meets on the set of 'The Call of the Wild.' For me, it was not a comfortable thing to wear. Only the religious knew how embarrassing they could be - and quite beside the point.”, “She tilted her head back to let out a sigh to calm her pounding heart; her gaze swung to the vaulted ceiling adorned with a fresco that ran the length of the church. Without question, without inner murmuring. A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there. All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' “I know what nuns are, kind of. At the beginning of her autobiography, St. Therese de Lisieux affectionately addresses her Prioress at Lisieux, who asked her to write the story of her life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes. I don't have a life, I really don't. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day. But then they began to repeat, and I saw they all had the same core: obedience. I just want to see women who are characters! If I could have gotten my way at an early age, I would have entered the priesthood, but my mother informed me that I could not become a priest because I was a girl. “At the Serima Mission, in Victoria Province, I am shown around by an enchantingly pretty African nun called Sister Balbina...She cannot be more than 25, and has the most delightful figure. I always thought it was too much and too dramatic. A nun's habit, a surgeon's scrubs, a cop's uniform. “I was scarcely the first, nor the only current, girl of impressive derivation to be unceremoniously thrust through the iron gate at the entrance of Le Murate by parents whose aspirations for their daughters did not include marriage. There were individual priests and nuns who were helpful, but the religion was cold. Going to Catholic school was what fueled me into comedy. For me, I've always wanted to be a nun. Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff. Politics You Dog Know. As I no longer can. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass. The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns. See more ideas about The nun's story, Audrey hepburn, Hepburn. After a while, all my characters become very close friends. Pride is not been burnt out of me. I sort of believe that too. I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals. The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. She smiled at the simple addition the artist had made to the painting. dearfawndoe: “ Audrey Hepburn playing with a cute little puppy dog in Belgian Congo, Africa. Explore 40 Nun Quotes by authors including Bruce Springsteen, Ellen Pompeo, and Vera Wang at BrainyQuote. I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. Rejoicing at their discovery of this delicious mushroom, they danced to celebrate. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as 'the dancing mushroom.'