Charles Platt Quotes
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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I like to read really good books - anything that's really great, whether it's fiction, non-fiction, how-to, or whatever.
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The spiritual is whatever allows us to notice the miraculous nature of life.
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Boxing is a formal, ritualized creation of crisis.
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I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me, and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective.
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Misery is the stuff of comedy, if one can just live long enough to get over it.
