Jasper Fforde Quotes
I got Oedipus off the incest charge--technicality, of course--he didn't know it was his mother at the time.Jasper Fforde
Quotes to Explore
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
Wendy Kopp -
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
Val Guest -
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
Imelda Staunton -
I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.
Laura Benanti -
I'm a big believer in,'If anyone can understand my politics, I've failed.' If you can get a sense of which side of the fence I'm on, then I'm not doing a service. I'm preaching, and that's not my job.
Taylor Sheridan -
I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always a tinge of empathy for that individual.
Paul Wesley
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I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.
Lindsay Lohan -
I work with a lot of lovely ladies.
Brad Goreski -
Another way to lose control is to ignore something when you should address it.
Jim Evans -
I'm an artist, and I'm part of every decision in a movie.
Pedro Almodovar -
It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs. Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case.
Lindsay Lohan -
Even the best-natured people, if uninstructed, are always blind and uncertain. We must take pains to instruct ourselves so that ignorance makes us neither too timid nor too bold.
Madeleine de Souvre
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No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.
Saadi -
An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
William Cowper -
After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.
Sandra Bullock -
Donald Trump is the kind of guy that wants you to like him. He wants to be the centre of attention. A TV reporter is somebody who gives him a very grand stage, and I was the first national television correspondent following his campaign. So he wanted to charm me - and when he couldn't do that, he attacked. And it's the same thing he does every day with senators; he'll be charming with them and the next day he will go out and attack them on Twitter and if they don't fall in line. He toggles back and forth between these two aspects of his personality.
Katy Tur -
I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture.
Benny Carter -
I got Oedipus off the incest charge--technicality, of course--he didn't know it was his mother at the time.
Jasper Fforde