Manuel Puig Quotes

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

Manuel Puig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: argentinian
  • Birth: December 28, 1932 - July 22, 1990

Topics

Growing UpGrowingMoviesQuickUp

I do know how life can go one way or another and that it's not all just black and white, and there are many different situations and twists and turns in life.

Mel Rodriguez

LifeBlack And WhiteBlackWhiteGo

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

John Lasseter

LifeDesireAnimationAnythingWhole

What fascinated me most was Churchill as a young child. He had a kind of Dickensian childhood. The neglect. And he was a terrible student. His whole life is a study in trying to overcome your feelings of inadequacy.

John Lithgow

LifeChildhoodChildMeTryingKind

Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.

Jeff Bridges

LightMagicClothesYouIllusionGo

Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know.

Stephen Malkmus

MusicYouWallKnowWhyBecome

Speech is the mirror of action.

Solon

MirrorActionSpeech

I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric.

Ron Fournier

RhetoricPresidentHearingEchoes

Uber is redefining the transportation industry now; Airbnb is doing it to the hotel industry. You can expect that to happen in every single industry.

Masayoshi Son

HotelDoingTransportationYouNow

If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.

Mary Roach

FutureBodyPersonWillWayHuman

When I picked up guitar, it wasn't like, 'OK, I'm going to be Kenny Chesney.' It was like, 'I want to play a chord,' and then it was like, 'I want to play another one, then play a song, then sing while playing the song.'

Luke Combs

SongGuitarPlayWantUpGoing

The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter.

Lizz Wright

WorkCommunicationMusicTimeChurch

Jose Aldo, he's a stud, and I would be honored to be in there to throw down with him.

Donald Cerrone

DownHimHonoredStudWouldThrow

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