Kim Novak Quotes
The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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I'm waiting for them to come up with a 'Star Trek' thing so they can beam me from my house to the gigs and back.
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Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
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A game of soccer induces more than enjoyment, more than entertainment.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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Tim Kaine has a message of fiscal responsibility and generosity of spirit. That kind of message can sell anywhere.
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Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
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Since I'm a fan of collections and anthologies, believe that the best writing often shines in shards and galloping stretches, I never find myself lobbying for a writer I enjoy reading regularly to hole up in Heidegger's hut for four or five years to bring forth a mountain.
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I'm astounded by people who can listen to music when they write. I can only assume that they have multi-track brains, while mine is decidedly single.
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The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all.
