S. J. Perelman Quotes
This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
Sam Crawford
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
Jack Kilby
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
Ed Koch
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
Dallas Roberts
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
Hal Borland
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
Eden Riegel
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
Foster Friess
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
Orlando Bloom
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
Laura Mvula
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
Larry David
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
Garrett Clayton
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
Walter Becker China Crisis
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
Ed Gillespie
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
Zooey Deschanel
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
Mahesh Babu
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A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor.
Bertrand Russell
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Time trieth troth in every doubt.
John Heywood
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I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.
Mary Karr
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Postal will be so politically incorrect and harsh, it's like a mirror to American society, and I don't think the movie will be well received by anybody. For example, Osama Bin Laden will be one of the lead characters—I think that shows the mood of the movie.
Uwe Boll
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It is repugnant to an American to inform upon his fellow citizens.
Sidney Buchman
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This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.
S. J. Perelman