Padgett Powell Quotes
Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?
Padgett Powell
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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
F. L. Lucas
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Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood.
H. P. Lovecraft
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I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.
Padmasree Warrior
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles
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I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?
Larry King
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I can do whatever I want.
Karl Lagerfeld
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The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there is nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn't read any 'how to' books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn't even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher.
Ann Maxwell
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Ultimately, a city is formed by its people and the women in Berkeley are just great. They are opinionated, they have ideas, they belong to boards, and they write letters to editors... really wonderful people.
Rita Moreno
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It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema.
Emmanuelle Beart
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Age is not a taboo in the fashion industry. One should learn what to wear to look good at any age.
China Machado
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Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?
Padgett Powell
