Georges Perec Quotes
The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape: nothing.Georges Perec
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
Garry Trudeau -
My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
Barbra Streisand -
I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
Yann Tiersen -
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
Ian Rankin
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As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread of responsibility. I like someone else to be in charge.
Ian Holm -
There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.
Nancy Kerrigan -
I don't want to live on past records.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
I grew up with the 'Star Wars' movies since before I have many memories. We had them on VHS back in the day, so they were part of the fabric of growing up in my family.
Ian Doescher -
It never crossed my mind to be a director, and I'll tell you why: because I'm a woman. It just didn't occur to me, but I knew I had to be in film.
Patricia Riggen -
Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.
Valentina Tereshkova
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I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.
Zell Miller -
I wouldn't have said off-hand that I had a subconscious mind, but I suppose I must without knowing it, and no doubt it was there, sweating away diligently at the old stand, all the while the corporeal Wooster was getting his eight hours.
P. G. Wodehouse -
I don’t question your loyalty, Skade. I just wonder exactly what it is you’re loyal to.
Alastair Reynolds -
That's the biggest shame there is, that L.A. doesn't have a team. I was a big fan of the L.A. Rams, and when they left, I lost interest. Then there was the Raiders, and they left. How they can't have a football team in the biggest market in the world is beyond me.
Eric Braeden -
There's something in the Latino community called 'la promesa de Obama' - Obama's promise. He made very specific promises to the Latino community. He committed to enacting comprehensive immigration reform within his first year.
Ana Navarro -
We were far from rich, but I never remember my parents worrying about money.
Jan Schakowsky
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I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.
James Randi -
Riley : "Do you want to claw at me, kitty-cat? Come on." Mercy: "Sorry, I don't beat defenseless puppies.
Nalini Singh -
That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.
Martin McGuinness -
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
George Bernard Shaw -
Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment - a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape: nothing.
Georges Perec