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Humphrey Carpenter Quotes

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

Humphrey Carpenter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: August 29, 1946 - November 4, 2005

Topics

Learning Magic You Nice Without

When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed.

Me Drawing Never Kid Something Just

Relationships are where we take our recovery on the road.

Road Relationships Recovery Take Our

Poor fellow, he suffers from files.

Poor He Files Fellow Suffers

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

Writing Feet Confident Feel You Out

I remember passing through New York in college and thinking, 'I'm going to come back here.' The energy just made me think of Europe - everyone walking, seeing the delis and flowers outside. It just felt very familiar. I loved it right away.

Stephanie Szostak

New York Flowers College Me Energy

The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it.

Brain Control Questions You Look Us

I'm tactical, and I have a lot of heart - something that you don't see when you watch a lot of fights.

Heart You See Watch Something Lot

Your cocktail shaker can be smooth chrome or hammered aluminum. It must both conduct cold and look sophisticated at the same time.

Time Cold Look Same Cocktail Smooth

I'd love to go and I'd love to play for my country and go to a World Cup again. I've got to accept I'm not in the current squad and just think, 'If I get it, it's a bonus and I'll give it everything.' But it's hard to do when you've been thinking a different way all your life.

Life Love World Think Thinking You

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

Sports Time Moment Yourself Saying

We reserve the term 'genius' for people who are creative, who are innovators, who think in ways that are entirely new. In the Middle Ages, the term 'genius' was reserved for people with the best memories. That is telling.

Memories Best Creative People Think

My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what you become an actor for - performing in front of people and getting the love from the audience.

Jonas Armstrong

Love Mother People Theatre You Will

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