Manuel Puig Quotes
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.
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Change will not come from above, it will come from below, from the small and medium size businesspeople. They do dare to show their faces. They applaud us and help us financially.
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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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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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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation.
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I'm not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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Saint Mochua was the son of a certain Cronan, of noble race, and spent his youth in fighting. At the age of thirty, he laid aside his arms and burnt a house, with all its contents, which had been given to him by his uncle, saying that a servant of Christ should take nothing from sinners.
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I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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What goes up can continue.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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I fight because I like challenges.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
