Don McLean Quotes

When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about what is between the lines. The song is about what isn't there.

Don McLean

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleSongAmericanPieAskPoint

My memory's pretty much gone.

Jim McMahon

MemoryPrettyGoneMuch

Yeah, I shoot. I shot with my dad a little bit when I was little. He was a Marine, so it wasn't like he would take me to the ballet. We would go to a shooting range. It was the only thing he knew to teach his little girl how to do.

Jill Wagner

GirlMeGoTeachShootingLittle

I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.

Joan Smalls

BeautifulMeYouthBlackThinkYou

I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.

John Astin

LovePeoplePlaySpecialMadeThan

It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.

Matt Reeves

ImaginationPeopleCreatingAnything

I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong.

Shiri Appleby

ServiceStoryStrongActingGoing

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

Rose Namajunas

RespectHonorArtsMartial Arts

I enjoy my athletics, and I want to take it as far as I can.

Mo Farah

EnjoyI CanWantTakeFarAthletics

A vote for George Wallace is a vote for the past and oppression.

Coretta Scott King

PastVoteOppressionWallaceGeorge

I believe in singing.

Brian Eno

SingingBelieveI Believe

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.

Aristophanes

WomenLiveImpossibleRightPoetUs

I have finally decided to write my book on the spiritual life. I mean to put down as simply as possible the sort of ascetical or mystical teaching that I have been living and preaching so long. I call it 'Le Milieu Divin,' but I am being careful to include nothing esoteric and the minimum of explicit philosophy.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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