August Kleinzahler Quotes
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
Salma Hayek -
It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects.
Rachel Kushner -
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
Taron Egerton -
I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
Kate McKinnon -
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
Ira Glass
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
Canelo Alvarez -
When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
Calvin Johnson -
After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
Brown Campbell -
My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
Dalai Lama -
I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
Randy Moss -
It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.
Edmund Barton
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In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
Carl Honore -
The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.
Kate Winslet -
The two most important people in animation are Winsor McCay and Walt Disney, and I'm not sure which should go first.
Chuck Jones -
Brazil's got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.
Anderson Silva -
Some very plausible stuff is being written by women in a way that most men are not doing.
Amy Clampitt -
I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'
Andre Dubus III
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I don't want to rip away the security that people finally have; 18 million people now have healthcare; preexisting conditions are no longer a bar.
Hillary Clinton -
Than farewell riches, the fat is in the fire, And neuer shall I to like riches aspire.
John Heywood -
Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
Natalie Maines -
One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.
Clive Barnes -
When one has retired from the ranks of American domestic political consulting, as I have, you are not really allowed to just quit. You become emeritus, of counsel, senior status, and God knows what.
James Carville -
Outside, the trees do their witchy dance.
August Kleinzahler