Spalding Gray Quotes
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I like heels and make-up.
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My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry.
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The most important thing that I've figured out is that things work out the way they're supposed to. We try to have all this control and fashion things the way we want, but everything happens for a reason, and in the end it works out the way it's supposed to.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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Exhibitions are kind of ephemeral moments, sometimes magic moments, and when they're gone, they're gone.
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When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.
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The album is never finished until it's on the shelves!
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The power to investigate is a great public trust.
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I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
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I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills.
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As you follow the escapades or the journey of the hero through a story, it evokes some kind of emotion in the viewers. The director's job is to make sure that the audience goes through the journey and has an emotional reaction.
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The most dangerous fundamentalists aren't just waging war in Iraq; they're attacking evolution, blocking medical research and ignoring the environment.
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I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.
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The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.
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There's been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it's used as a joke - isn't it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric.
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I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.
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There's times when I just have to quit thinking... and the only way I can quit thinking is by shopping.
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The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.'
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I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.
