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.
Utada Hikaru -
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.
E. L. Doctorow -
If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
Larry Bird -
After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
J. A. Konrath -
I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
Forrest Mars, Jr.
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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?
Karin Slaughter -
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
Vikas Swarup -
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Isaac Goldberg -
Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
Valerie June -
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.
Nandan Nilekani -
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.
Callum Keith Rennie
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All labels are offensive in some way.
J Mascis -
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.
Rachael Ray -
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.
Viktor Orban -
Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.
Zachary Levi -
If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.
Randall Terry -
If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
Eddie Trunk
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Dancing gives an innate physical awareness - it's physical training. Acting feels like the same medium but just with words.
Elizabeth Debicki -
Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They're giving us Latinos a chance to shine.
Bad Bunny -
Sartre observed that he had never felt so free as during the German occupation when (as a member of the French resistance) he was in constant danger of being arrested and shot. Could there be a more conclusive proof that human beings are freer than they realize, and that their freedom is eroded by habit and laziness?
Colin Wilson -
A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking.
John Travolta -
Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray.
Curtis Mayfield