S. J. Perelman Quotes
There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All of them can be usefully employed to pinpoint the kind of individuals I write about.S. J. Perelman
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
Wallace Shawn -
I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
Sammi Hanratty -
Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
Wayne Rooney -
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
Ja Rule -
Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
Taylor Lautner
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Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
Edmund Phelps -
As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
Patricia Heaton -
I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
Pamela Stephenson -
A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
Kaia Gerber -
If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.
Zac Goldsmith -
Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
Vijay Sethupathi
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
Otto Penzler -
We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
Tanya Tucker -
I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic.
Parker Posey -
All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.
Karl Pilkington -
We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.
Viktor Orban -
Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.
Carine Roitfeld
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To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
Adam Mansbach -
Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
Joel Osteen -
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart.
Alan Alda -
They're not your words, but you're reciting the lines.
Matthew Sweet -
The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.
Heath Ledger -
There are nineteen words in Yiddish that convey gradations of disparagement, from a mild, fluttery helplessness to a state of downright, irreconcilable brutishness. All of them can be usefully employed to pinpoint the kind of individuals I write about.
S. J. Perelman