Manuel Puig Quotes
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Age for me is just a number.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I grew up in Hollywood during WWII, and my mother was afraid that my father was going to be drafted because she didn't think we were going to be able to live on army pay. She didn't want to have to get a job, so she decided to put me to work, and that's how I got started in the movies.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
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I learned how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is by reading.
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It's funny because 'Felicity' didn't have a huge following, but the following it did have is hugely devoted, so people who are fanatics about 'Felicity' would run up to me all the time. I'd be at a bar, and someone will go, 'Hey, were you on Felicity? ...' I loved doing the show.
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If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.
