Armistead Maupin Quotes

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.

Armistead Maupin

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When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it.

Andre Benjamin

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My grandmother wanted my father to be a teacher because she was a teacher. He didn't go down that road until much later in life; he just kind of retired after almost 20 years as being a visiting lecturer at Stanford, where he got his graduate degree.

John Morgridge

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Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

John Hickenlooper

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I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

Angelina Jolie

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I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.

Sissy Spacek

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I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.

Smedley Butler

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There are some fabulous treasures of photos of me during the early days of my career; there are these pin-up photos that make me laugh: I look like the poor man's Maria Montez. But there are some I look at, and I didn't realize how sexy I looked back then.

Rita Moreno

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I had been reading magazines a lot, and I love magazines, and so I was always asking myself why is it that these gorgeous articles just don't translate well to the web? Presentation was one aspect of it.

Mike McCue

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I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

Donnie Yen

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A sense of humor is important. I'm always attracted to a girl with confidence. In terms of looks, I don't have a type.

Corey Sevier

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When you discuss racism, it's almost a no-win scenario - but I don't think that means we shouldn't be discussing it.

Brad Paisley

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Most of the men that sue in Hollywood are all about 5' 2'. They wake up every day, know they're tiny and feel very angry about it, so they go out and sue people.

Piers Morgan

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