Kristen Johnston Quotes

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

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• What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Desire
  • Space
  • Innovation

• I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • She
  • Think
  • Woman

• It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • World
  • Kids

• Sometimes entire categories of craigslist are rendered nearly unusable by spam. Con artists prowl the listings, paying sellers with fake cashier's checks and luring buyers to share their credit card numbers.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Sometimes
  • Fake
  • Credit

• I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Way
  • New York
  • Immigration

• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Love
  • Guy

• After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Home
  • Proud
  • New

• When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Win
  • Mistakes
  • Lose

• To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • World
  • Believe
  • True

• Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Career
  • Enjoy
  • Over

• I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Future
  • Moon
  • Diva

• At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Good
  • Home
  • Change

• My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • You
  • Someone
  • Grandma

• Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Past
  • Question
  • Challenge

• We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.

  

  Hansie Cronje
  • Book
  • Community
  • Cricket

• I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Trust

• I'm honored to be one of the guys that is seen as a leader of this great team - a team that has stood the test of time. AKA is one of the only teams that has been around since the beginning of the MMA explosion, and it's a huge honor for me to be named captain.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Time
  • Great
  • Team

• I felt the need, in order to widen my field of observation and to refresh my vision in front of new sights, to take myself away for a while from the area where I was living, and to make some trips lasting several weeks in Normandy, Brittany and elsewhere..

  

  Claude Monet
  • Vision

• Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.

  

  Beeban Kidron

• First, there are good people out there; they just don’t make so much of a racket. Second, if you don’t make waves, then the bad guys don’t get washed overboard. And third, nobody bothers to bad-mouth you unless they’re afraid of you. So think of it as kind of a compliment.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • People
  • Good
  • Bad

• Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Why
  • Political
  • Science

• For what it's worth, I enjoy 'Dexter,' 'Modern Family,' 'True Blood' and 'Breaking Bad.' I've enjoyed the wonderful 'The Pacific.'

  

  Kenneth Branagh
  • Family
  • Bad
  • True

• It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

  

  Kristen Johnston
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