Charles Reznikoff Quotes
When I was four years old my mother led me to the park. The spring sunshine was not too warm. The street was almost empty. The witch in my fairy-book came walking along. She stooped to fish some mouldy grapes out of the gutter.
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A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.
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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
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I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.
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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing.
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Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day.
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Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met.
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On certain plays and situations I feel like I have the advantage. But sometimes I just have to not think about the size of the guy in front of me.
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I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna.
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When I was four years old my mother led me to the park. The spring sunshine was not too warm. The street was almost empty. The witch in my fairy-book came walking along. She stooped to fish some mouldy grapes out of the gutter.
