Irvin Mayfield Quotes

I think, you know, people think of the city of New Orleans as a parochial place where it's a lot of folks who are from there and a lot of big families, a lot of musical families, a lot of history, a lot of tradition, but I like to think of New Orleans as an idea.

Irvin Mayfield

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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.

Felix Dennis
- World
- True
- Celebrity
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.

Walter Salles
- America
- Film
- Latin
I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.

Gabriel Byrne
- Friend
- Football
- Dying
I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.

Zach LaVine
I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.

Barney Frank
- People
- Proud
- Equality
You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

Aaron Neville
- Day
- Singing
- Cold