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Who Quotes
Quotes on who matters and why.
These quotes highlight who shaped someone or who stands out in a field - teenage musical influences, or the rarity of actors who combine action skills with classical theater training. Related reading includes He Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my friends had grandparents who had accents. I thought all grandparents were supposed to have accents. My friends were all second-generation, as I was.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a few kids out there who like singing to my songs. They're, like, five, six, seven years old.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan, and Mary Lavin, another Irish writer. There were a lot of writers that I found in 'The New Yorker' in the Fifties who wrote about the same type of material I did - about emotions and places.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.
- Side
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- Nov 07, 2020
Norm Lewis, who plays Jake in 'Side Show,' and I had a song together in 'Tommy,' and I understudied Mrs. Walker.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is participating in that.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020