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- Nov 07, 2020
More Quotes
Quotes on wanting and having more.
These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have a sense right in the beginning of how big an idea it is and how much room it needs, and, almost more importantly, how long it would sustain anybody's interest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator who, after one, two, or three years of more or less careful work, sees another, and perhaps superior, version appear as if overnight.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to learn how to dress and create an optical illusion where you're more slender.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A 3-foot putt can be more nerve-racking than a 9-foot putt because a 3-foot putt you should be getting in. A 9-footer, there's a chance it won't go in.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before, I was like 'Oh my God, I have to do this media, this media and this media,' but now I've learned these are stages you need to go through. If you play really good golf, you're going to get more media attention and more interest in you, and you'll get more confident handling it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've met more than one person in their early 20s who has never heard of Jackie Onassis, though most girls have because she exists as a fashion icon.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's nice to have children. I didn't have many, and while I don't sit around regretting it, I maybe would have liked a couple more. But it wasn't meant to be, and I didn't want it badly enough.
- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's more about keeping it simple with a rock and roll edge. It's all about accessorising.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to.
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- Nov 07, 2020