Douglas Carter Beane Quotes

Dietz and Schwartz have sort of fallen by the wayside a little bit, and they are up there with Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. They are the finest of the revue composers - their stuff is so good and so strong.

Douglas Carter Beane

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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

TimeMomentGeniusQuickPrudence

The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.

Andrew Solomon

HonestyPastPresentProblemYou

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Andrea Hirata

AgeAloneDecisionPeopleMeIdeas

The best thing about being nominated in a category like best new play is realizing there were enough new plays to make a category.

Stephen Karam

BestEnoughPlayNewBeingLike

I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

Sidney Poitier

LifeFatherMy LifeNothingReflect

The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being.

Tony Kushner

LoveLove IsUglyPeopleYouSay

I was a huge rereader, so I've read all the Chronicles of Narnia, at minimum, 13 times each. In reading that series, I realized that someone had written those books, and that was that person's job. And I thought, 'That is the job for me. That is the job I'm going to have when I grow up.'

Lisa Papademetriou

JobMeReadingThoughtGrowSomeone

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

Jason Kidd

BasketballFriendsYouGymEarly

That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

Chet Faker

MeGivingOthersPlayingSomething

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.

Christy Turlington

BetterSmokingTryEndureDying

Andres is a genius, and it's an honour to share the same dressing room. I hope to learn a lot from him. Of course, there is only one Iniesta. I have come here to try to create history of my own and learn from these great players.

Philippe Coutinho

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What's missing from pop music is danger.

Prince

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