"People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible about it."

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Source : "The Complete Plays".

Joe Orton

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.”
“The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.”

Source : Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo (2004). “A Compilation of Selected Presidential Speeches: Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Philippines”
“In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition.”

Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”
“Success is ninety-nine percent failure.”
“The more you practice, the better. But in any case, practice more than you play.”

Source : Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1948). “Championship golf”
“Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, and he's got this sharp beak that's facing out to the world.He's okay for now.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2011). “Okay for Now”, p.202, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge. He paged through a book of promotional photos of himself, one of which was shot shortly after 911. It featured him holding a copy of the Bible upright in one palm while the Koran rose from the other the Twin Towers. Some of the record company people, they wouldn't let me put this out, ... They said it would be too controversial. But this picture is saying 'Look, they can stand together. Don't have to be no fight.'”
“Faith in the supernatural is a desperate wager made by man at the lowest ebb of his fortunes.”

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