Christopher Buckley Quotes
A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.
Christopher Buckley
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
Carine Roitfeld
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Laughter made you live better and longer.
Gail Parent
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
Carl Paladino
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All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.
Kate Mara
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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
Saint Augustine
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
S. J. Perelman
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When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.
Indra Nooyi
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When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.
Kate Brown
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It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
Sadie Frost
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The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
A. B. Yehoshua
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I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.
Dan Quinn
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We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Joshua A. Norton
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In order to enter into a real knowledge of your condition, consider it in this image: A man was cast by a tempest upon an unknown island, the inhabitants of which were in trouble to find their king, who was lost; and having a strong resemblance both in form and face to this king, he was taken for him, and acknowledged in this capacity by all the people.
Blaise Pascal
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When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.
Mariska Hargitay
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Because I like to think, I find it difficult to sleep, and because I find it difficult to sleep, I think.
Ciputra
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I had brought up from Chile a contract agent whose cover was that of a newspaper publisher in Santiago, a young, very talented man, named Dave Phillips, who later on carved quite a career for himself in the agency.
E. Howard Hunt
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A new idea is like carbonated liquid in a bottle. You just sort of shake it until the cork pops, then you write and write.
Christopher Buckley
