Manuel Puig Quotes
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
Carla Bley -
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
Walter Lippmann -
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
Harold Pinter -
I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I later learned my mother used to be just as goofy as I was when she was younger. I mean, Eddie Murphy in 'Coming to America?' My hero.
Lamorne Morris -
The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
Candace Cameron Bure -
I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
Ike Skelton -
Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
Naomi Watts -
I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
Rachel True -
Most men are fragile.
Taraji P. Henson -
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
Carl von Clausewitz -
I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
Natasha Henstridge
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China should cut heavy industries' share in gross domestic output by 9 percentage points between 2013 and 2030 to meet its pollution cuts target.
Ma Jun -
I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
Dan Chaon -
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
Adam Pascal -
Everything I say is true.
Laura Schlessinger -
Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
Ralph Steadman -
I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
Gary Carr
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'I am the table!'
James Hetfield Metallica -
There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside.
Baba Kalyani -
But just as I was ready to call it quits, I got the necessary money from a third party, who had been instructed by Bing to help me out, without letting me know where the help came from.
Bob Crosby -
When I go home, I am a slug. I want to do everything completely opposite of what I do on the red carpet. I like to take off all my makeup, put on a t-shirt, be completely unassuming and just do stuff with my husband and my daughter.
Viola Davis -
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.
Manuel Puig