Matthew Pearl Quotes

One thing I incorporated in my novel 'The Poe Shadow' was the little-known fact that documents show Poe inherited a slave and decided to free him.

Matthew Pearl

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ShadowFreeHimSlaveOne Thing

The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.

Jerry Saltz

ArtWorldBackSayMuseumsClosing

Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.

John Cameron Mitchell

LifeGoodCarSportsPeopleMe

Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory.

John McAfee

Public DomainYouNeverLimitRoot

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Ambrose Bierce

GoodManSnakePigEatWholesome

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

Tony Scott

MarathonDifferentLikeMakingMovie

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

Tom Cotton

AmbitionHumanKindsHuman Beings

Some of the smallest things on a smaller film, to me, are greater achievements than on a big film when you have the resources and the time and everything else.

Roger Deakins

TimeMeYouResourcesEverything

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!

Mary Harris Jones

FreedomMeWantWillClassHang

My thing is, when you put a bunch of rules on a tour, you have to hire three more people to enforce all the rules. So, with me, I want everyone to feel comfortable. It's a lot of little moving parts out here, and little hiccups will come. At the end of the day, the show's going to go on, and I want everybody to truly enjoy it.

Luke Bryan

DayPeopleMeMovingEndEnjoy

The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me.

Johnny Depp

MeDancingOnlyIdeaThe Only Thing

Regardless of how tough you think you are, regardless of how good you think your chin is, we're all only one connected punch away from being hurt, and you've just got to hope your chin holds up and your body holds up.

Dominick Cruz

GoodHopeToughThinkHurtBody

I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.

Douglas Coupland

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