Alberto Manguel Quotes

A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point the book is in limbo and doesn't come to life until the reader picks it up and the reader flips the pages.

Alberto Manguel

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LifeMomentWritingBookStopShe

I don't even attempt to sing.

Joe Mauer

SingEvenAttempt

We record when I have a hole in the schedule. Sometimes night, sometimes afternoon, sometimes morning - we fit it in when we can. I prep for episodes all the time.

Jocko Willink

MorningTimeNightSometimesHole

There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.

Jessica Chastain

WomenYouConnectionActingActor

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races.

Robert McChesney

ThinkYearWillMoreOverCost

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

Michael Chang

MeGameThinkCircumstancesOpen

One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive.

Julia Holter

TimeWalkPeopleCityDriveYou

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.

Jose Bergamin

TrueSolidarityPossibleOnlyAmong

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the universe says to itself, 'Oh I see, this person doesn't like opportunities' and stops giving them to you.

Douglas Coupland

OpportunitiesUniverseGivingHands

I'm interested in illustration in all its forms. Not only in books for children but in posters, prints and performance as a way of drawing people into books and stories.

Chris Riddell

ChildrenPeoplePerformanceDrawing

For the past two years, the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

Corey Clark

PastNameDoingTwoYearsIdol

It's hard to think of another body of work that is more universally beloved - I don't think I've ever met someone who has encountered 'Calvin and Hobbes' without falling for them.

Anthony Marra

WorkThinkSomeoneBodyMoreHard

Promise a lot and give even more.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

MoreGivePromiseEvenLot

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