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Don Marquis Quotes

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: July 29, 1878 - December 29, 1937

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Good Age Time Man Thinking Week

I like making art that's useful to people who have a harder road. Art is a tool to get through it; it's a tool to prepare for the worst. By envisioning it in an artistic context, you can make sense of it before and after it happens.

John Cameron Mitchell

Art People Road You Worst Prepare

I've been to location shoots in Mexico before, and everyone ends up getting sick.

Sick Everyone Mexico Up Location

As long as you don't think about the whole big picture, producing 'Spider-Man' is a fantastic experience.

Experience Think Picture Long You

As recently as the 1970s, some Pashtun leaders in Afghanistan were pushing to create a new state, Pashtunistan, by joining with Pashtuns in Pakistan.

Create New Afghanistan Pushing Some

'She's Gotta Have It' was shot in twelve days and two six-day weeks.

She Two Days Shot Twelve Weeks

I have my real name and RJ. I've gone by RJ since I was eight, but I was named Roy after my grandfather. They called me Little Roy, which sounded like Leroy with a Texas accent, but my mom didn't want to have a Leroy as a son, so it went to RJ.

Son Me Mom Texas Name Grandfather

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Roots Ghetto Faithful Liberal Stay

In entertainment, I adore Ricky Gervais in 'Derek.' His performance is unbelievably charming, funny and poignant. In life, I adore my girlfriend. She is the most adorable person I have ever met - from her silly jokes to her cute teeth to her little drawings.

Life Funny Cute Performance Silly

When I wrote 'Neuromancer', I had a list in my head of all the things the future was assumed to be which it would not be in the book I was about to write. In a sense, I intended 'Neuromancer', among other things, to be a critique of all the aspects of science fiction that no longer satisfied me.

Future Science Me Book Write Head

Writing was in my mind from the time I was in high school, but more, the idea that I would be a doctor. I really wanted to be a medical doctor, and I had various schemes: one was to be a psychiatrist, another was tropical medicine.

Time Medical School Mind Writing

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh.

Truth Laughter People Laugh You

Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet have transformed the business landscape forever. The fast-paced digital age has accelerated the need for companies to become agile.

Business Technology Age Today Become

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