Charles Lamb Quotes
I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.
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I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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Self-doubt kills talent.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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In my case, symptoms began to appear when I was only 57. In fact, the doctors believe early-onset Alzheimer's has a strong genetic predictor, and that it may have been progressing for some years before I was diagnosed.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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My novels are about a generation of Americans who lived between 1940 and 2000, who resisted the postwar political and cultural forces by choosing a wandering life of impoverishment and wonder. Inevitably, race and economics are a big part of their stories. Childhood, childishness, and children are never far.
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The very first proper play I did was 'Godspell,' and I played the guitar for it, and I had a small part in a high school play. And before that, in sixth grade, I wrote a musical about Noah's ark.
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I went to a lot of different high schools. I had quite a sporadic schooling experience. I went to school in England briefly, to boarding school, and I went to a few different ones in Australia as well. I'm really lucky! I have friends in most countries.
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When somebody says to you the real USC is in L.A., tell them we were a school before they were a state.
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I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
