Dave Barry Quotes

Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.

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• Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
  • Remember
  • You
  • Know

• I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Time
  • Film
  • Unknown

• I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.

  

  Vince Carter
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
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  • Time
  • Done

• It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.

  

  Saint Ignatius
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  • Speech
  • Charming

• I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
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  • Work
  • Movie

• I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.

  

  Victor Webster
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  • Good
  • Chance

• I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

  

  Sally Field
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  • Long
  • Ego

• There have been periods of my career that I haven't worked for a really long time, like seven or eight months.

  

  Parker Posey
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  • Long
  • Career

• Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.

  

  Fran Drescher
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  • Job
  • Want

• I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
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  • College
  • Risk

• Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Time
  • Great
  • Day

• I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Time
  • Play
  • Find

• Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.

  

  Harry Browne
  • People
  • Country
  • American

• I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.

  

  Walter Cronkite
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  • Job
  • Nice

• I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Time
  • Forget
  • Opponent

• I don't like just traveling in for a short time. I've done that before, because sometimes you work for magazines and they have a budget, and if you're working for them, they want something by a certain time.

  

  Joe Sacco
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• I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them.

  

  James Patterson
  • Time
  • Writing
  • School

• Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Good
  • inspirational
  • Advantage

• My husband is stricken with dementia, and it's a trick of his condition that events and people from his past are more real to him than what happened five minutes ago.

  

  Laurie Graham
  • People
  • Real
  • Past

• I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

  

  David Archuleta
  • Music

• Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.

  

  Dave Barry
  • Time
  • Religious
  • Holiday