David Antin Quotes
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.
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When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.
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Huck and - and the slave.... they … they were going up the river, trying to get free…. and - in trying to get free … they see that they're sort of free already…
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I've always loved the media and will continue to do so, but I do feel with due respect to all concerned that surrounding us and giving us no space to move becomes difficult when you're out with family.
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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
