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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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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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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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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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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I stopped being an engaged journalist and became a disengaged novelist.
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If we had said 30 years ago that we were going to have only two incidents with casualties, we would have thought, 'Boy, that's great. To me, that indicates that the program has really exceeded what the early expectations were.
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I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
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People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.
