Paul Di Filippo Quotes

The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from person to person.

Paul Di Filippo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 29, 1954

Topics

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We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

Jock Sturges

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I've never been keen on open adoption. It doesn't seem to solve the main problem with adoption, which is that somebody feels she was abandoned by someone else.

Joan Didion

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I like 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'A Star Is Born.' When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works.

John Carney

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I'm fairly skeptical of movements, organizations, and institutions in general.

Jeff Vandermeer

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My main priorities were to fight for Britain. Not a lot of Asians get selected for this country at anything, and it's a great achievement.

Amir Khan

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On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close.

Steven Cojocaru

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Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.

Steven Van Zandt

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Wood is weirdly a big passion of mine. I really love it, all the way from trees to a finished table. The fact that it was alive and that each piece is different.

Rupert Friend

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That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.

Martina Hingis

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The desire to write grows with writing.

Desiderius Erasmus

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I am a very positive person in real life.

Dhanush

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I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

Brooks Koepka

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