Jack McDevitt Quotes
He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.
Jack McDevitt
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I was born and raised in Manhattan; I didn't realize that I, in all my androgyny, was a freak to the rest of this country.
iO Tillett Wright
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
Barbara Corcoran
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
Pardis Sabeti
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
Mal Peet
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
J. B. Priestley
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The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.
Jessica Jackley
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Is it easy for me to write from a female point of view? Yeah, I am a female. I'm a very sensitive type of guy. I try to put my female hat on and think how a female would think. If I'm watching 'The Notebook,' I'm definitely gonna cry. I cried during 'E.T.' too.
Benny Blanco
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I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.
John Shirley
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A girlfriend had caught me in a compromising situation with another girl, ... In trying to defuse the situation, I said 'please, stop in the name of love,' as corny as that may sound. Then I said 'Wow, did you hear that cash register? That's how things happen, songs come out of nowhere.
Lamont Dozier
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A life of love is one of continual growth, where the doors and windows of experience are always open to the wonder and magic that life offers. To love is to risk living fully.
Leo Buscaglia
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He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.
Jack McDevitt
