George Vecsey Quotes

In 1949, I saw a World War II veteran named Lou Brissie, who had nearly lost a lower leg in combat, pitch in the All-Star Game in Brooklyn.

George Vecsey

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I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

Joe Mantegna

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I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

Ann Patchett

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No one ever sits you down at age eight and says, 'Aminatta, this is what's happened so far.' You have to work it out for yourself, and by the time you do, it's ancient history to many of the players. We're trying to make sense of the past, so we start to excavate our memories.

Aminatta Forna

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Who isn't difficult? I'm difficult as an artist.

Stephanie Sigman

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The president has largely taken a hands-off approach in Syria and granted it as a legitimate sphere of interest to countries like Iran and like Russia. This is very bad policy, and it's going to lead to very dangerous consequences for our partners in the region, which is why so many of them are so opposed to U.S. policies.

Tom Cotton

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I'm a big emotional mess. I try to talk about things that people don't like to talk about, especially in music. Hopefully it reaches someone and lets them access their vulnerability. That's what I want it to accomplish.

Mary Lambert

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The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

Michael O'Keefe

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I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.'

Jude Law

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I'm in the process of trying to find something that I could do on my own.

Loretta Devine

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Words have a lot of power.

Juice Wrld

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I think Spotify is honestly just another one of Sean Parker's ways of ripping musicians off.

Jason Isbell

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When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

Diana Nyad

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