Bill Forsyth Quotes
Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.Bill Forsyth
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I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off.'
Callan McAuliffe -
Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
Kara Swisher -
It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
O. Henry -
Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
Vijender Singh
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
Gail Simmons -
In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
Kage Baker -
I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
Garth Brooks -
I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
Ed Oxenbould -
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
C. S. Lewis -
I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.
Walter Mosley
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
Jackie Chan -
In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.
Federico Garcia Lorca -
I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
Karlheinz Stockhausen -
As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
Oprah Winfrey -
It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
Kate Middleton -
I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
Dana Snyder
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It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing.
Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band -
Our waking life's desire to shape the world to our convenience invites all manner of paradox and difficulty.
Cormac McCarthy -
For those who seek to understand it, death is a highly creative force. The highest spiritual values of life can originate from the thought and study of death.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
Jeff Buckley -
Time had a way of moulding people into shapes they themselves no longer recognised.
Kate Morton -
Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.
Bill Forsyth