David Ogden Stiers Quotes
People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
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Trends don't interest me.
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Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.
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One of the things I had to really work on is, when you're the leader of an organization, people look at the expression on your face. Your mood has a lot to do with how people think the whole organization is doing.
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Perhaps the single most robust fact across many surveys is that married people are happier than anyone else.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.
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It's a little daunting to know you're going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It's not a normal day at the office.
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People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.
