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Armistead Maupin Quotes

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

Armistead Maupin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 13, 1944

Topics

Nature Faith Human Nature Strangers

The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

Actor First Singer Sing Even Before

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.

Melissa McCarthy

People End Laugh Enough Up Pretend

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

Day Every Day Just Read Discover

When I was a kid, I wanted to be That Girl. I even wrote a spec script for it and sent it to Sam Denoff.

Girl Kid Even Wanted Sam Wrote

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

Moment Past People Me Face Bad

Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house.

Death Purpose House Sometimes Bring

I grew up in a family of piano players. Both my sisters were serious players, and they both, as they became more accomplished, aspired to buy a Steinway and asked my dad to buy a Steinway.

Family Serious More Up Buy Piano

I hate a bully, and I hate racists.

Hate Bully Racists

To work with someone you love is something special, an incredible experience. But it could be a negative. You have to make a strong commitment to be honest; you're not just being polite, like strangers on an airplane; you're working.

Work Love Commitment Experience You

I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

Denzel Washington

Movies Watch Film Lot Buff

I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.

Women Think Done Movement Much

If I get a cold, it lasts for a month.

Cold Month Get Lasts

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