Curtis Mayfield Quotes
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In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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There are places where writing is acting and acting is writing. I'm not so interested in the divisions. I'm interested in the way things cross over.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words?
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating. If the lines are not funny or if they don't advance the story, sometimes it's hard. I hate talk in movies.
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Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
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All labels are offensive in some way.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.
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I regularly see leaders change what they say because they get bored of saying the same thing over and over again. It's not that they vary a few words or change examples, but they change the message.
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Maybe it was I who needed to learn how to be quiet instead of cluttering the moment with too many words.
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Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way.
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I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something.
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The thing you have to be prepared for is that other people don't always dream your dream.
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Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray.
