Manuel Puig Quotes
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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It always takes a scandal to bring about reform.
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For skincare, I'm a Clean and Clear girl. Especially with the humidity in Georgia, Clean and Clear has been pretty good to me with all of the makeup we have to wear. My skin really responds to that product. I'm also a big fan of Kiehl's under-eye avocado cream.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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Love is like mayonaisse: when it separates, you've got to throw it away and start again.
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Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind.
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I know there is a difference between adaption and evolution.
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Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.
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Golf in Indonesia has something else to offer: ways to make you forget the last four hours and take away the aches. Nearly every course has a spa - hot tub, cold tub, sauna and massage.
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
