Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private kind of music.

Chang-Rae Lee

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MusicGreatMePersonKindPersonal

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

Jerry B. Jenkins

LoveSettingsWorldsCharacters

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

Robert Southwell

ManSailWindTidePleasureUp

I remember giving birth in Bromley Hospital annexe. It was painful. Zowie was 8 lb. 8 oz. David was there the whole time. It was the first and only time I saw David cry.

Angela Bowie

TimeGivingRememberCryHospital

If someone is not playing defense or not giving effort, that's my specialty. I don't hold back on my words.

Metta World Peace

WordsEffortGivingSomeoneBack

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.'

Tommy Cooper

MeKitchenYouCheeseSaidLegs

I think poems belong as much in the news pages as the literary pages. A lot of people throw aside the literary pages! Whereas everybody looks at the news section.

Tony Harrison

PeopleThinkLooksNewsBelongMuch

On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.

Roman Coppola

DayProcessEvery DayOne DayUp

Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.

Mikhail Bakunin

RevolutionPlansWhoAfterMakes

The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.

Martina Navratilova

GoodOpportunitySportsSchoolHelp

I think the bigger the movie is, the harder it is to maintain the idea of an auteur. You're servicing something beyond just your own vision. Whenever there's a lot of money on the line, it is your responsibility to make sure that you're doing your best to have people not lose their money and to actually win by betting on it.

Jon Favreau

VisionResponsibilityBestMoneyWin

You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.

Diablo Cody

PeopleMeThinkNever ForgetYou

I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that.

Boris Yeltsin

StressPeaceMistakeAskEveryone

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