Jonas Mekas Quotes

My life is essentially not so unique. On some deeper levels we feel the same, we know the same things. Therefore if I show my life 365 days, moments from those days, it will reflect and it will have connection with lives of all of us.

Jonas Mekas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: December 24, 1922

Topics

LifeFeelMy LifeMomentsUnique

I'm 56 years old. I like to get out on the court. I continue to try to play the best I can. Obviously, I'm nowhere near where I was when half this age. But I can still hit a pretty decent ball.

John McEnroe

AgeBestI CanPlayTryOut

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

Michael Carbonaro

BeautifulGreatTogetherPeopleFree

I always hate when, like, my favorite performer has a boring moment. Especially when they got mad hits.

Travis Scott

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The U.S. is not the holder of truth.

Mohamed ElBaradei

TruthHolder

Julia Roberts taught me how to knit on the set of 'Mona Lisa Smile.'

Julia Stiles

SmileMeMonaSetHowTaught

I feel like every time I go out, I want to do a good job. I want people to say that he's just as good at stand-up as he is in some of the movies I've seen him in, so I try to do the best every time I go out there.

Chris Tucker

GoodTimeBestJobPeopleFeel

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

Colin Greenwood

FocusPeopleIdiotNeedBiggerBush

On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

GreatPeopleDoingYouWayThings

We have a separation of state and church. The laws of the country are not subject to the Koran.

Pim Fortuyn

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I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I was in five of them. And the response from the public was overwhelming.

Peter Camejo

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The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying.

Pele

FatherWorldRememberSoccerParty

To live in Portsmouth without possessing a family portrait done by Copley is like living in Boston without having an ancestor in the old Granary Burying-Ground. You can exist, but you cannot be said to flourish.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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