Martin Puryear Quotes
Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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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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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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Turning a blind eye to your finances always brings trouble. When you let the bills or late notices stay in their envelopes, you're making matters worse. When you finally have to deal with the problem - believe me, you will eventually - it will be exaggerated because you didn't take action.
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Young black men in this country have to understand that they have a responsibility. They cannot be the enemy in their own neighborhoods and usurp the effort of good people that are trying to make things work.
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Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God. A consecrated life is filled with work, sometimes repetitive, sometimes menial, sometimes unappreciated but always work that improves, orders, sustains, lifts, ministers, aspires.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.
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Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
