Donald Hall Quotes
Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.
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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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I never knew that Americans would take up soccer, and it's a gender-free sport in high school there.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such an excellent banjo player that you almost don't wish you had a pair of wire cutters.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.
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Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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Unless we give part of ourselves away, unless we can live with other people and understand them and help them, we are missing the most essential part of our own human lives.
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Accident, he wondered, or a way of hiding? Trapped or planned? He had no way of knowing and further speculation was ridiculous, based as it necessarily must be upon earlier assumptions that were entirely without support.
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The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.
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I measure success depending on the brands that come to you, the opportunities that you get, also the feedback that you get from people.
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The streets of New York are diverse, but when you go into a Broadway show, unless Denzel Washington is in it, or Fantasia's in it, it's a lot of old white people and gay men.
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Every afternoon, I shut the door of my bedroom to write: Poetry was secret, dangerous, wicked and delicious.
