Antonio Porchia Quotes
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines at the Oscars with her name in the nominee list, and others around her wonder whether they still stand a chance.
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It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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I'm sorry to say I'm very lizard-like. My skin is dry, so covering my face in greasy antioxidants is a better alternative.
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I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.
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The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry as a solution to it. They oppose the European Union, but support joining North American Free Trade Agreement, despite its obvious failure.
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I'm the original.
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I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.
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I think Los Angeles is often portrayed as kind of a petri dish, where bad decisions start and then spread to the rest of the world. I don't see it that way. I feel Los Angeles is a place of almost primal struggle and survival. It's not a city that embraces its inhabitants.
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America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
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For they conquer who believe they can.
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As a child, I read a great many books in which animals and birds played significant roles, not only in the narrative itself, but also in creating the emotional and psychological atmosphere of that narrative - the imaginative furniture, as it were, in which any story unfolds.
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Autumn grows old: he, like some simple one,In Summer's castaway is strangely clad
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At 26, I was single, living in Manhattan, and working as a journalist at 'Vanity Fair.' I was Carrie Bradshaw... in sensible shoes.
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I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.
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De lo que tomo, tomo de más o de menos, no tomo lo justo. Lo justo no me sirve.
