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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No principle is worth the sacrifice of a single human being.
Daniel Berrigan
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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
Burt Bacharach
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The magic that you find in surf music, I think, is really timeless. You know, when I was very young, I was in a surf band. Surf music is an instrumental music that still means a lot to me, not in an nostalgic way, but as something that really gets to the heart of the guitar itself.
John Zorn
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For friends, I love to make bruschetta. I grill country bread with Frantoia olive oil and make toppings, like crab, roasted squash, mushrooms, whatever's seasonal.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
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More mouthpieces doesn't guarantee diversity and localism and competition, ... Diversity of ownership does.
Olympia Snowe
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Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?
Padgett Powell
