Miles Davis Quotes
If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.

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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.
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I actually like snakes! When I was young, I was a boy scout nature camp counselor, and one of our projects was collecting snakes and creating an environment for them, so I'm quite familiar with snakes and think they're fantastic creatures.
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'The Fifth Gospel' is set entirely inside the Vatican and told from the perspective of a Catholic priest. I'm not Catholic myself, yet authenticity and factual accuracy are very important to me, so the novel required an enormous amount of research.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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For me, it's easier to play with my right foot. It's simple. If I go right, I see Diego and have different solutions: I go alone or pass to Diego, or the midfield can join in. If I go the other way, the cross with my left foot is not good.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling – I can so well remember it. There was always something more – behind and beyond everything – to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.
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You have to go where the good writing is.
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In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!
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To process and close models in 50 states and 2,000-plus counties with the myriad of, just, tens of thousands of different regulations, customs, vendors - it's a monster. So the only way to do that is with technology. It really is rocket science.
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I admire people who destroy themselves.
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Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
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Many writers who have had to deal with the subject of atrocity can't face it head-on.
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I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.
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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.
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ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing - GUILDENSTERN A thing my lord? HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after!
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No mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game
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If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.