Edmund White Quotes
I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
Edmund White
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
Daniel Barenboim
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
Kate Smith
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
Karlie Kloss
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
Tcheky Karyo
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I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
Barry Marshall
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
La'Porsha Renae
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
Ban Ki-moon
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
Sam Brownback
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Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.'
Eddie Redmayne
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There's depth in my comedy.
Yakov Smirnoff
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
Rachel Joyce
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
Banks
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The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
Irving Thalberg
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I hate mice. The mouse involves you in arm motions that slow you down. I didn't want it on the Macintosh, but Jobs insisted. In those days, what he said went, good idea or not.
Jef Raskin
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
Queen Latifah
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If they keep booing, and we keep winning, I don't care.
Tarvaris Jackson
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Maybe one day when I'm retired, I can turn around and tell you, 'Hey, I was really good at that. Maybe I was the best.'
Anderson Silva
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
Edmund White