Austin Clarke Quotes
When I first discovered for myself the Celtic Twilight and read the earlier poems of Yeats and others, all was entirely incomprehensible to me. I groped through a mist of blurred meanings, stumbled through lines in which every accent seemed to be in the wrong place.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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Simply put, our nation's economy will only go as far as our small businesses will take it.
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The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.
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Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.
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The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums. Museums are about representing power. It could be the king's power or, later, people's power.
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Doing 'Law & Order' for so long, my fan base was, like, men and women my age, and then doing 'Daredevil', my whole audience has changed. It's cool.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it
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I don't tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I'm ready to sell my product. A lot of artists are out there every day. But I remember the Julio Iglesiases, the Jose Joses - and it was about the music.
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I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.
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Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching; they'll never be eclipsed.
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Midnight is the time when we think, 'Well, we should probably send our last email; let me just check Facebook one more time.'
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I've never disliked a character I've played. I've always tried to find the humanity and the reasons for what he does.
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When you see what you really are, good or bad, there is a fearlessness to understanding your purpose.
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I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom... but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.
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When I was a young man, I was a baritone, very far from possessing the whole range of the tenor then.
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During the day I don't wear much makeup.
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I love red. Red pants. Red suit. Red coat. Red anything.
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Every poker player is smarter than me.
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Moscow has changed. I was here in 1982, during the Brezhnev twilight, and things are better now. For instance, they've got litter. In 1982 there was nothing to litter with.
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Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules.
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Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.
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When you're strong physically, it improves your strength in every other facet of your life. You're more confident, your self-esteem is higher, and your self image is better.
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When I first discovered for myself the Celtic Twilight and read the earlier poems of Yeats and others, all was entirely incomprehensible to me. I groped through a mist of blurred meanings, stumbled through lines in which every accent seemed to be in the wrong place.
