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"Our swords shall play the orators for us."
Christopher Marlowe
"Our swords shall play the orators for us."
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"If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore."
Joyce DeWitt
"If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore."
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"I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!"
Bob Hope
"I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!"
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"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
Gottfried Benn
"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
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"I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech."
Tina Weymouth
"I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech."
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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
Christopher Reeve
"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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"I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play."
James Rado
"I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play."
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"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
Brian Eno
"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
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"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."
Boris Spassky
"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."
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"No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard."
Mary Tyler Moore
"No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard."
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"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."
Navjot Singh Sidhu
"You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it."
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"I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along."
August Wilson
"I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along."
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"There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it."
Heather Matarazzo
"There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it."
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"I never practice; I always play."
Wanda Landowska
"I never practice; I always play."
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"I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl."
Kristen Bell
"I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl."
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"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."
Stephen Sondheim
"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."
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"Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to."
John Lee Hooker
"Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to."
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"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
Victoria Abril
"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
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"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
Bill Bruford
"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
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"I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks."
Stevie Ray Vaughan
"I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks."
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"Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world."
Wayne Rogers
"Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world."
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"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."
Peter Steele
"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."
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"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."
Gene Simmons
"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."
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"I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from."
Billy Joel
"I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from."
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"I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York."
Josh Brolin
"I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York."
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"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."
James Young
"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."
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"I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated."
James Brown
"I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated."
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"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."
John Lee Hooker
"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."
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"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."
Maya Lin
"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."
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"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."
Coleman Hawkins
"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."
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"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."
Jerry Hunt
"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."
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"I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record."
Reba McEntire
"I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record."
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"I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict."
Lenny Kravitz
"I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict."
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"Well, I play Jews and parrots. Parrots are how I've branched out."
Gilbert Gottfried
"Well, I play Jews and parrots. Parrots are how I've branched out."
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"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
Lusia Strus
"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
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"When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that."
Kerry King
"When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that."
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"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll."
Gavin DeGraw
"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll."
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"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."
Kiana Tom
"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."
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"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
Klaus Schulze
"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
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"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."
Brian May
"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."
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"I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either."
Kerry King
"I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either."
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"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
Mark White
"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
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"I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around."
Andreas Katsulas
"I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around."
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"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."
Shirley Booth
"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."
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"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
James D'arcy
"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
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"So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well."
Neville Marriner
"So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well."
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"Play fair, okay?"
Colleen Haskell
"Play fair, okay?"
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"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
Dan Castellaneta
"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
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"So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'"
Ornette Coleman
"So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'"
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"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."
Christine McVie
"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."
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