Darryl Pinckney Quotes

'Go Tell It on the Mountain,' its pages heavy with sinners brought low and prayers groaning on the wind, scared me when I read it as a teenager.

Darryl Pinckney

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When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world.

Jeremy Sumpter

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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

Andre Gide

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Being on set is difficult for the writer. Your job is done, and you have to step back and hand it over to the director.

John Niven

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The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

John Keegan

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You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

John Mahoney

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Half-brights consider it comedy gold to congratulate anyone they dislike for 'winning the Kentucky Derby!' The only thing more bracingly original to not-smart people is: 'Stay classy!'

Ann Coulter

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There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices.

Jefferson Mays

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In truth, my Anglophilia is fundamentally bookish: I yearn for one of those country house libraries, lined on three walls with mahogany bookshelves, their serried splendor interrupted only by enough space to display, above the fireplace, a pair of crossed swords or sculling oars and perhaps a portrait of some great English worthy.

Michael Dirda

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Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

Alvar Aalto

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Most drag queens, they put on music like it's a costume. It's not in their bones. It's not in their background.

Trixie Mattel

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The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.

Trent Lott

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This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally.

Rob Portman

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