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"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."
Groucho Marx
"I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up."
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"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
Allison Janney
"An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens."
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"We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones."
Kerry King
"We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones."
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"I play a detective, very close to myself actually."
Jon Voight
"I play a detective, very close to myself actually."
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"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."
Travis Barker
"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."
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"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
Ikue Mori
"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
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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 was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall."
Christine Lavin
"I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall."
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"I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars."
Andres Segovia
"I've had three wives and three guitars. I still play the guitars."
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"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
John Otto
"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
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"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
Jerome Richardson
"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
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"I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards."
Caroline Corr
"I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards."
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"I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it."
Richard Manuel
"I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it."
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"But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great."
Rick Wakeman
"But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great."
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"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
Count Basie
"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"
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"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."
Brian Setzer
"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."
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"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
Corey Haim
"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
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"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."
Will Wright
"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."
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"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."
Ian McDiarmid
"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."
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"I don't like to play the victim."
Barry Pepper
"I don't like to play the victim."
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"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
Buddy Rich
"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
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"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."
Woody Guthrie
"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."
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"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."
Michael Gambon
"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."
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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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"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play."
Buddy Rich
"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to 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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"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."
Dougray Scott
"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."
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"The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero."
Maxwell Anderson
"The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero."
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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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"Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast."
Benmont Tench
"Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast."
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"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet."
Guy Clark
"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet."
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"I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV."
Ana Gasteyer
"I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV."
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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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"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
Steve Swallow
"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
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"My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play."
Robert Pattinson
"My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play."
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"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."
Kristin Davis
"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."
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"I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record."
Sam Rivers
"I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record."
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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
Jay McShann
"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."
Coolio
"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."
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"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
Herbert Lom
"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
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"For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again."
Matt Damon
"For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again."
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"I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born."
Charlie Parker
"I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born."
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"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
Sigourney Weaver
"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
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"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
Estelle Parsons
"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
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"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."
Frankie Avalon
"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."
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"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
Linda Fiorentino
"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
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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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"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."
Steve Buscemi
"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."
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"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."
Robert Wagner
"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."
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"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
Sophia Bush
"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
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