Charles Portis Quotes
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.Charles Portis
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
Damian Lewis -
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
Omari Hardwick -
I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
Cameron Crowe -
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
Sallust -
I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
Oren Peli -
The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
Patrick deWitt
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
Karl Shapiro -
I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
Iman -
You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
Pablo Sandoval -
Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
Ed Asner -
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
Larry Holmes -
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
Felicity Jones
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
Natalie Babbitt -
I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
Larry Mullen, Jr. U2 -
I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
Adam Mansbach -
I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
Dan Jenkins -
I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
Abel Korzeniowski -
I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
Nazanin Boniadi
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I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.
Stevie Wonder -
You have to pay attention, like with tours and expenses; you have to factor that all in. You want to play music for the rest of your life, you have to pay attention to all the things. You want to know what's always going on.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?
Zadie Smith -
Everybody pays so much attention to points. Larry can make plays, push the ball up in transition. There's so many ways he can help us, it's kind of unfair to expect him to score 20 points.
Eric Snow -
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.
Charles Portis