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It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ethics, because the ethical realm… — Zadie Smith
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's… — Stephen Sondheim
The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on… — Stephen Sondheim
I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and… — Wole Soyinka
In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency. — Lysander Spooner
It is with government paper, and bank paper, as it is with the paper of private persons; that is, it is worth just what can… — Lysander Spooner
My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's… — Sylvester Stallone
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product. — Edward Steichen
Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in… — Rod Stewart
Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers.… — Tom Stoppard
I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying… — Tom Stoppard
I'm drowning in papers. — Wislawa Szymborska
Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to the… — Matt Taibbi
I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper. — Quentin Tarantino
I can't predict how reading habits will change. But I will say that the greatest loss is the paper archive - no more a great… — Paul Theroux
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the… — Marlo Thomas
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark. — Henry David Thoreau
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that… — Donald Trump
Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of… — John Updike
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it. — Peter Ustinov
Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see… — Ville Valo
I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there… — Eddie Vedder
I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people… — Alice Walker
Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want… — Wendy Wasserstein

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