A. Bartlett Giamatti Quotes
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
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Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
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I'll be blunt: Money's gotten buggy.
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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
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I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time, women's careers were essentially nursing, secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate.
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As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
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I usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood.
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No one man is superior to the game.
