Play Quotes - Page 34

• There have been men who could play delightful music on one string of the violin, but there never was a man who could produce the harmonies of heaven in his soul by a one-stringed virtue.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Men, Heaven, Soul

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• Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

  Firoozeh Dumas

  Determination, Winning, Gambling

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• A Child of Happiness always seems like an old soul living in a new body, and her face is very serious until she smiles, and then the sun lights up the world. ... Children of Happiness always look not quite the same as other children. They have strong, straight legs and walk with purpose. They laugh as do all children, and they play as do all children, they talk child talk as do all children, but they are different, they are blessed, they are special, they are sacred.

  Anne Cameron

  Strong, Children, Blessed

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• A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as the rustle of bamboo and the dripping of water, scents and sensations such as grass or gravel or stone underfoot, appeal to the emotions and play a part in the total impression.

  Penelope Hobhouse

  Eye, Garden, Water

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• To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play in the preparation for war. The number of shameful secrets keeps growing incessantly, boundlessly. How meaningless all censorship taboos become, and how meaningless the consequences for overstepping them, when your life is in danger.

  Christa Wolf

  Country, War, Numbers

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• In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic.

  Mona Van Duyn

  Art, Issues, Dramatic

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• We are 'writers,' we are not supposed to be interested in filthy lucre, we are supposed to be starry eyed artistes. ... In Reality Land, we all want to maybe put dinner on the table once in a while, but in Fantasy Land, we are not supposed to be even interested in money because we are so caught up in the emotion of it all. That's an illusion, but people like it and it makes us feel holy or something so we all play along.

  Max D. Adams

  Reality, Land, People

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• Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal.

  Ed Seykota

  Trying, Losing, Trade

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• I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the weekend I just get outside and get active - jog or bike ride, or play tennis with my mom.

  Mikaela Shiffrin

  Mom, Friday, Monday

  "How skier Mikaela Shiffrin conquered pull-ups, splotchy skin and more". Interview with Vidya Rao, www.today.com. January 11, 2014.

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• As far as movies, I love 'The Notebook.' I always say that I wish I could play Rachel McAdams' character. She's amazing. That's the movie every girl wants to be in.

  Miranda Cosgrove

  Notebook, Girl, Character

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunity for a lot more. I joined a band and so on. We would do concerts at school, and I would play cover tunes and thought, 'This is really great.'

  Teddy Thompson

  School, Opportunity, Tunes

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• The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. Its fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.

  Keegan Bradley

  Fun, Winning, Past

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• Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.

  Sloane Stephens

  Eight, Tennis, Sound

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• I might play a lot of dramatic roles, but I'm really sort of silly.

  Leighton Meester

  Silly, Roles, Might

  FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Aug 11, 2012

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• As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I cant help but notice in so many stories, plays, poems that I read, the sort of breadcrumbs of fairytale techniques, so Im very excited when I notice that.

  Kate Bernheimer

  Reading, Technique, Stories

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• I like to play any character that allows me the freedom to explore it and teach the audience something they didn't know, and show them a journey they identify with... or be inspired, or moved. Anything that touches someone's heart is important for me.

  Alicia Witt

  Character, Heart, Journey

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.

  Samina Baig

  Country, Powerful, Males

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• I'm interested in art for all. I don't want it to be only the sons and daughters of Tory MPs who get to see my plays.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Daughter, Art, Son

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• Getting to play with Thor's hammer while he stroked my bow

  Jeremy Renner

  Hammers, Bows

  "Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders and Joss Whedon Talk THE AVENGERS". Interview, collider.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.

  Olivia Wilde

  Thinking, Games, Skills

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Hollywood is a showman's paradise. But showmen make nothing; they exploit what someone else has made. The publisher and the play producer are showmen too; but they exploit what is already made. The showmen of Hollywood control the making - and thereby degrade it. For the basic art of motion pictures is the screenplay; it is fundamental, without it there is nothing. Everything derives from the screenplay, and most of that which derives is an applied skill which, however adept, is artistically not in the same class with the creation of a screenplay.

  Raymond Chandler

  Art, Class, Skills

  Raymond Chandler (1995). “Later Novels & Other Writings”

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• I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original Goldeneye. Im that geek. I have an NBA Jam arcade machine in my office at SNL.

  Taran Killam

  Nba, Office, Jam

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• Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to “SNL” was his “Best Of” VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements, and engage with the audience.

  Taran Killam

  Long, People, Guy

  "Taran Killam Tells Us About The New ‘SNL’ Season: ‘It’s Such A Positive Energy’". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?

  Buzz Aldrin

  Destiny, Computer, Imagine

  "Buzz Aldrin: The Right Stuff". Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

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• A good example of a lyric that makes me laugh but might not hit anybody right away is, "Sit behind the guitar and play the chords," just because it's such a lame image. It's not rock'n'roll at all to be sitting behind a guitar.

  Tim Heidecker

  Rocks, Guitar, Laughing

  "Tim Heidecker Talks Album, Tim & Eric Movie". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 21, 2011.

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