"Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make……" — Michael Cunningham
"Silly humans. Banging on a tub to make a bear dance when we would move the stars to pity."
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101 Quotes by Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham has 101 quotes on this site.
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There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to…
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Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished…
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As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
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If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that…
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Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they…
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People are more than you think they are. And they're less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way…
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I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
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A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a…
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I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act.
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Sure, go ahead, simulate life, using only ink and paper.
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You can't find peace by avoiding life.
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I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
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More Banging Quotes
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How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.
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It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.
— David Hackworth
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When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take…
— Richard Branson
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I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think…
— Thelma Schoonmaker
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You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better…
— Thelma Schoonmaker
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This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it…
— Matt LeBlanc
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There's a constant chatter in our house, whether it's giggling or screaming or crying or banging. I love it. I…
— Brad Pitt
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I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I was very conventional because I came from a…
— Jane Birkin
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If you are in front of a wall that you cannot get past, would you just keep banging your head…
— David Belle
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I was banging seven-gram rocks, because that’s how I roll. I have one speed, I have one gear: Go.
— Charlie Sheen
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When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.
— Deborah Kerr
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My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success,…
— Rufus Sewell
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