Play Quotes
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
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I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every night when we were off. Lester [Young], Don Byas and myself - we would meet there all the time and like, exchange ideas. It wasn't a battle, or anything. We were all friends. Most of the guys around then knew where I lived. If someone came in Minton's and started to play - well, they'd give me a ring, or come up and call me down. Either I'd take my horn down, or I'd go down and listen. Those were good days. Had a lot of fun then.
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Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
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I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.
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The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.
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I used to get up at five in the morning and play cricket.
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So many of us, we love these things that come from Japan. We play the video games every day, we read the manga, people watch the cartoons, they absolutely love it.
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I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
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There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of, 'I'm going to play through it.' It's probably good at times, bad at times, but for an athlete to always try to be there and play through things, from a teammate's perspective, it speaks volumes. Now that I look back, mentally it makes you tougher.
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Anthony's a gambler. Sometimes the play works. It's not a perfect science.
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Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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My mum is from Ghana, and she used to play highlife music in the house, and my dad used to listen to music.
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We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
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The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter.
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I have a drum set in my dressing room. I play drums to relax and have some fun.
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As a kid, I used to love to play baseball and be in Little League and sleep outside with my friends and do all those kind of things.
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You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full.
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I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
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I play a Fender Jazzmaster and three stacks and a combo, two old Marshall Plexis and a Hiwatt combo and a Hiwatt combo with Marshall cabs.
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I wanted to just come out and continue to improve my game, continue to improve my mental capacity to play well in tournaments. I've had a slow year compared to last year, but I've been pleased because I felt like I was getting better.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
