Bill Irwin Quotes

From the earliest memories I have, I liked physical, funny things.

Bill Irwin

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• Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Words
  • Things
  • Other

• Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Time
  • She
  • Same

• When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Find
  • Information
  • Blessing

• The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • People
  • Want
  • Clever

• I got my feet wet in a couple of shows. I did a cameo on my favorite show, 'The Vampire Diaries.' And I guest starred on a show called 'Kickin' It' on Disney.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Couple
  • Feet
  • Disney

• The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Being
  • Musicians
  • Intensity

• I don't have time for easy. Tennis is just hard.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Time
  • Easy
  • Tennis

• I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many of these people do what they do because of their faith.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • People
  • School
  • America

• Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker.

  

  Barrett Foa
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

  

  Ice Cube
  • People
  • Money
  • Voice

• I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Up
  • Done
  • Science

• The A.N.C. is a national movement. We all - Communists and non-Communists alike - want a nonracial, democratic, united South Africa.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Want
  • Africa
  • South Africa

• People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or they think I'm a super-manipulative crafty businessman, this kind of MBA guy who's spotted a gap in the market and knows how to create a product for it. It's flattering, but I've not got that much of a gameplan.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Think
  • Guy

• Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Political
  • Democrat
  • Orientation

• When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Work
  • Different
  • Best

• I'm really into the indie-music scene and listen to a lot of De La Soul.

  

  J. R. Celski
  • Music
  • Soul
  • Listen

• I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Effort
  • Understand
  • Actions

• As I have said so often before, the long memory is the most radical idea in America….'

  

  Utah Phillips
  • Long
  • America

• In the '80s, 'Dreamgirls' was our 'Hamilton.' It was cutting-edge, and it was what made me want to do theater.

  

  Angela Robinson
  • Cutting

• It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I always find it funny when I watch actors talking about, 'I chose to do this part.' A lot of times it's 'you're lucky to get the job.' We're like, 'Thank you so much.'

  

  Lucy Punch
  • Job
  • Funny

• It's never a matter ever, ever - are - we're never trying to gross anybody out, or ever are we trying to shock people. We're just trying to make it funny in a way that makes the audience go, 'You know, that was the first joke they thought of, and they weren't afraid to do it.'

  

  Jay Chandrasekhar
  • People
  • Trying
  • Funny

• Once you get past funny, my other qualities are so below average. It's not like I'm handy.

  

  Seth Meyers
  • Funny
  • Qualities
  • Handy

• From the earliest memories I have, I liked physical, funny things.

  

  Bill Irwin
  • Funny
  • Memories