Padgett Powell Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
Carlo Ponti
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Yo-Yo Ma
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
W. Bruce Cameron
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
Malcolm Turnbull
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I feel sorry for the man who marries you... because everyone thinks you're sweet and you're not.
Harold Brodkey
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
Uday Kotak
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Discouragement, fear, doubt, lack of self-confidence, are the germs which have killed the prosperity and happiness of tens of thousands of people.
Orison Swett Marden
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
Karin Slaughter
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
I. King Jordan
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
Pat Garrett
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
Viktor Vekselberg
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
Zhang Ziyi
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While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.
Nancy Gibbs
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My father read poetry to me, encouraged me to memorize poems. But the writing of it was quite a different thing.
C. K. Williams
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God's good. He can just pull a life out of a pit, can't He?
Beth Moore
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With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any emotion. And they are so potent, so powerful, and at the same time, they're marks on the page, and that's all. There's nothing else to them.
Samantha Harvey
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We should be biased toward action. We are trying to be a nimble and cohesive culture where people can be heard and there is openness and innovation.
Dinesh Paliwal
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When I write, I want something to sound good itself.
Padgett Powell
