Charles Portis Quotes

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

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• My father was a lawyer.

  

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• Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.

  

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• As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

  

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• I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.

  

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• There's more to life than physical and material.

  

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• I married beneath me, all women do.

  

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• I understand those who don't like me.

  

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• Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

  

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• George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.

  

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• A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.

  

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• Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

  

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• Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.

  

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• I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.

  

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• At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.

  

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• I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.

  

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• Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.

  

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• I don't think I can speak of the achievements of Indian cinema because it's so large next to me. It's not stopping. It's ever-growing. We are going towards the right direction. We are evolving as a filmmaking industry as actors, directors, producers, singers, musicians. Everybody just pushing the boundaries.

  

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• We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence.

  

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• Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob.

  

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• My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.

  

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• The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.

  

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• I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.

  

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• I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

  

  Charles Portis
  • Done
  • Words
  • Fool