Antonio Porchia Quotes
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I could live naked... I love it.
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Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That's why I don't just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven't been.
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I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.
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Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top U.S. government managers - scores at a time - into a bunker deep underground and far from Washington.
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You can never learn less, you can only learn more.
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I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.
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A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.
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You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.
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When I first starting conceiving series like 'Courtney,' 'Polly,' 'How Loathsome,' etc., I was shooting for closed story-arcs but open-ended concepts. Then I started realizing I was committing myself to potentially endless series.
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I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.
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Since I was drafted by the Blackhawks, the people of Chicago have really embraced me and treated me with nothing but respect.
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College football, acting, opera singing - I approached them all in the same obsessive way.
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When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's just being out there and being honest and happily imperfect.
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I'm really enjoying being able to do these unhinged comedies and emotional dramas alike. I'm having a lovely time. After shooting a role that requires months of crying, it's quite nice to be able to play something very different.
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I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's.
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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.
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We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.
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While I've won five Junos, I've donated four of them to the National Archives in Ottawa. Which left my fifth Juno sitting, seemingly abandoned by its four family members, on my bookcase in my dining room.
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With feature films, it's a one-time judgment once your film is premiered. Reviews, box office, and then you move on to the next project. With TV, you are being rated and judged weekly for an eight-month stretch.
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Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.
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We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.
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Quien busca en su bien un bien mayor, pierde su bien.
