Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
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If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
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I read an article that said one in five Americans thinks Elvis is alive. I want to find those morons and get them registered to vote for me.
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I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting.
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I've been surfing several times, and I'm terrible at it. But what I found was that you're usually waiting on the board, hanging out, watching the waves come in. And one that you think is a big wave is not actually one.
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We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.
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I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room.
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I definitely feel Russian. I feel Russian, but at the same time when I'm in the States I feel at home, too.
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There's so many things running through your mind. If you can formulate a game plan that works for you and allows you to block outside distractions and get to what matters, that's how the talent is able to come out.
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If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.
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In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.
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Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?
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When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard.
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Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, 'You're never going to make it.' I appreciated their honesty, because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation.
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If I have another concussion and I don't feel like I can play anymore, then I won't.
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Orville Wright said to his brother, "Wilbur, you were only in the air for 12 seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?"
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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
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Those Eggheadsareterrible Philistines. A realgood head is not oval but round.
