"In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss."
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"Those who play with fire should expect to be consumed by it."
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"Play is free movement within a more rigid structure."
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"I was always writing stories, even as a kid. I always wanted to be in the plays and do that sort of thing. Screenwriting started to really appeal to me because the idea of being able to make things that many people got to see became very captivating."
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"I chose Tennessee because I thought theyd give me an opportunity to play."
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"I also wanted to play with Peyton Manning because I thought he could teach me a lot, and he did."
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"I don't watch that much football... I really like to play it."
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"If I'm going to merely ramble, maybe I should just snuggle under the warm covers, think of Miu, and play with myself."
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"When I write a novel I put into play all the information inside me. It might be Japanese information or it might be Western; I don't draw a distinction between the two."
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"Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness."
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"The mind cannot long play the heart's role."
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"I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed."
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"I'd like to play the voice of the Iron in the Monopoly movie."
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"I still want to play in it, maybe when I absolutely think I have no chance of playing in it my view might change but I doubt it because it just doesn't interest me."
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"I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the Budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible: I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest."
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"I think everybody likes to play the villain. Theyre always much more interesting characters."
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"I see someone play, or I listen to a record, and I think, "How did they make that sound?' It's not emulation; it's more building a vocabulary that can be called up at a moment's notice."
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"I rarely assess live shows after I play them."
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"The world tends to trap you in the role you play and it is always extremely hard to maintain a watchful, mocking distance between oneself as one appears to be and oneself as one actually is."
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"That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes."
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