Mark Van Doren Quotes
The genius of the Marx Brothers is for parody. They never are themselves. They exist too abundantly to be content with being that - they must go on, by the rapidest of transitions, to being something else. Groucho, in my opinion the bright star among the three, is never anything but the thing he is at the moment pretending to be.Mark Van Doren
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
Carl Lewis -
It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.
Naoto Kan -
I don't do negative things.
Rajeev Shukla -
It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
Laura Mvula -
The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
Hank Azaria
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
Kate Moss -
The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
A. E. Waite -
I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
Odette Annable -
It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
Patrick Henry -
I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
Fedor Emelianenko -
It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
Natalie Imbruglia
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
Harold Pinter -
God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
Hamza Yusuf -
I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
Umberto Eco -
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
Jack Scalia -
Yeah, I’m a great kisser.
Justin Bieber
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Why not show off if you've got something to show?
January Jones -
I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.
Kate Hudson -
I never wanted to be a movie star.
Radha Mitchell -
It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.
Pierre Bayle -
The genius of the Marx Brothers is for parody. They never are themselves. They exist too abundantly to be content with being that - they must go on, by the rapidest of transitions, to being something else. Groucho, in my opinion the bright star among the three, is never anything but the thing he is at the moment pretending to be.
Mark Van Doren