Gayle King Quotes
All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The United States is supplying the most modern and sophisticated weaponry to Israel to the tune of billions of dollars every year.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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I've grown up with Bollywood, and I continue to enjoy it. But boxing remains my passion.
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If you can't figure out how to make the beginning of your book compelling, you're probably not writing a compelling book.
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I guess you're happy if you have some kind of balance in you. I'm a human being. I have days when I feel paralyzed, days when I feel like a slug. Then I have days when I have good energy, I've read the newspaper and I've done different things.
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I was able to do that [showing up of Democratic benefits] when I was the candidate. But I've not seen or presided over that kind of systematic outreach that I think needs to happen.
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All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'
