Manuel Puig Quotes
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Watch your finances like a hawk.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.
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What any writer hopes for is that the reader will stick with you to the end of the contract and that there is a level of submission on the reader's part.
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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks.
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My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.
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My grandmother was fond of painting and playing the piano. She had been given lessons by Emmanuel Chabrier, who used to spend the summer months in nearby Membrolle.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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No, I don't take soup. You can't build a meal on a lake.
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Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
