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Clive James Quotes

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: australian
Birth: October 7, 1939

Topics

Good Short Way She Same Confusion

I was born in Montreal in 1939, the second son of poor immigrants.

Son Immigrants Born Poor Montreal

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!

Love Hate Man People Know Like

It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head.

Character Job Interesting Enough You

The biggest gap there is in America is not economic; the gap is spiritual and cultural.

Spiritual America Economic Gap

I'm never writing as a character.

Character Writing Never

Ever since I released my first album, I've tried not to use minor chords as the main element in songs. The way I sing is too melancholic.

Way First Sing Songs Element Tried

I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.

Life Hope Community Yourself Climb

Meaning comes from the capacity to see what is not in some simple, objective sense there on the printed page.

Simple Meaning Page See Sense Some

My father always told me that story was first and foremost. We would watch not just his films but a lot of classic American films. My father was a great David Lean fan, and David Lean's one of my favorite directors. We would discuss films endlessly.

Christopher Rouse

Father Great Me Story American Just

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments.

Christa McAuliffe

Life Job I Am Space Earth Class

I'm a very outgoing person. I'm always happy, I'm one of those people who are always smiling. If somebody described me to somebody else, they'd say the kid with the curly hair with the big smile on his face. I get along with everybody.

Smile Happy People Me Hair Face

It feels as though, with all of these cable series or Internet shows or limited series events that are only 10 or 13 episodes... the quality is really rising.

Annie Wersching

Quality Internet Events Rising Only

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