Maurice Sendak Quotes
I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
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I love to watch old movies when I get time off.
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The spiritual (i.e. the supersensory) has many degrees; thus, the term 'spiritual' is used both for the scale of degrees away from the physical towards the spirit, but also only for the spiritual proper.
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It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
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You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.
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I don't really think about being pigeonholed so much.
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If you have an extreme character, you need normal characters to contrast them. Sherlock Holmes certainly needed a Dr. Watson. And Pippi Longstocking, who supposedly inspired Lisbeth Salander, needed Tommy and Annika, the normal middle-class neighbors.
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I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
