Harry Mathews Quotes
There are many things I’ve written that I didn’t really understand until a long time later.
Quotes to Explore
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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What is a Muslim neighborhood? How many Muslims have to be in a neighborhood before it becomes worthy of checking papers and kicking in the doors of homes and businesses?
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I'm not a good guitar player.
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I always look for the weirdest note to land on. I felt that that was the least I could do for the great musical traditions which I've spawned.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.
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One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.
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I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.
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A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.
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Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.
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You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.
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MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network.
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If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny.
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Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and lived in both of these outfits. It was one of the best experiences of my professional life.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.
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'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is not really my thing, but I kind of loved it.
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An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.
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Probably the majority of those things that people possess may be legal or sourced sustainably, but there are other things that people just don't realize. You have to really watch out for this, particularly when you are traveling or buying things off the internet.
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There are many things I’ve written that I didn’t really understand until a long time later.
