Michael Frayn Quotes
You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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Something is worth what somebody will pay for it. Nothing else, nothing more, nothing less.
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I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.
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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
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Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.
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Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.
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There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be.
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Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.
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All my cousins steal things. They're just a bunch of thieves. My whole family is like that. You put something down for a second, and they steal it. You never see it again.
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You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.
