Antonio Porchia Quotes
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When you're me, when you're R. Kelly, everybody wants a piece of you, and if you don't give 'em a piece they'll find a way to get a piece of you one way or the other.
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
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Because of my own insecurities about the way I look, I do sometimes sabotage the looks of my characters by making them as homely as possible. I've never done a glamour part. I'd like to some day, though I don't know if I could pull it off.
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Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before.
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My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been a grind; it's been grimy - it hasn't been a pretty process. It's left me crying, you know, on the carpet in my tiny apartment with, like, no money. But it's been worth it, it's my passion, my dream, it's what I love to do.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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Teach For China recruits top American and Chinese college graduates, like 26-year-old Yang Xiao, to teach in the country's most disadvantaged schools.
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Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.
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Souffles don't deserve their reputation as potential disasters.
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I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it's the only way to be immortalised!
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I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It's hard to label the evolution, but I like there to be an evolution. I just like to paint with all different kinds of colors.
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The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.
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My father loved Brazilian football, a diehard follower, so of course, he hated Germany and always rooted against them, always.
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I was never much of a club guy. Even when I was in New York in the early eighties, I never was once in Studio 54. It was too noisy. My version of those years mostly took place at my house.
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It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living.
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People fight to preserve their frozen beliefs and then complain of the cold!
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It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.
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Life is a very emotional experience.
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I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well!
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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I have always cited the decision by director Stephen Frears to shoot 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' before my script of 'The Queen' as the reason for my taking the plunge as a playwright.
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Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders.
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Para poder alcanzar ciertas alturas, no las bajo: las levanto más.
