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.
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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.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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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.
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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.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you.
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All the people that criticised me should eat their words.
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I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought 'saucisson' so exquisite that it seemed the perfect name to give a child - until I learned it meant 'sausage!'
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We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel.
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A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.
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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.
