Amazed Quotes - Page 24

• Once a year I try writing a poem, usually because I've read some poetry that amazed me and I want to do that.

  Steve Toltz

  Writing, Trying

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think comedy is difficult, and I'm amazed so many people want to do it. I'll be buying jeans and somebody will say, "I'm a comedian" - the guy selling you the jeans. The desire to be a comedian is weird. I found it weird myself to want to be one; I was a schoolboy when I wanted to be one but I didn't know how to do it. That was 50 years ago, so times have changed greatly. There seems to be a long line of people desperate to do it and most of them are quite good.

  Billy Connolly

  Thinking, Long, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film.

  Kim Longinotto

  Magic, Film

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• All the actor does is, he tries to get as many takes as he can out of the director that day. So he can walk away and say to himself, "Hey, it's in there. I'm not going to edit it. I'm not going to make those choices. If they want to blow it, it's fine. But I've done all I can." You're right. I'm always amazed when actors bash films as if those grips and that cinematographer didn't work hard enough.

  Martin Short

  Hard Work, Blow, Choices

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• What frustrates me is to see African-Americans behave as though what European-Americans say is worthwhile. It simply isn't. It's just some silly people who can make laws and have the power to enforce them. I'm often amazed at the conversations black people have about themselves. They ought to be having these conversations about white people. It's white people who are flawed and at fault.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Silly, People, Black

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• I have to say, our kind of music was always a struggle live. Quiet vocals and really loud drums and guitars, it was quite tricky. It still can be. I'm slightly amazed that other bands say that, because I'm still like, "Oh God, what am I doing?"

  Miki Berenyi

  Struggle, Quiet, Kind

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