David Sedaris Quotes
on genders of nouns: Why refer to Lady Crack Pipe or Good Sir Dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied?David Sedaris
Quotes to Explore
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I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.
Vicente Fox -
What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
Oliver Cromwell -
I've always felt it's ridiculous to say, of any of the females in my life: You're my friend, you're my wife, you're my girlfriend, you're my co-worker. This is your box, and you're not allowed to stray outside of it.
Jack White The White Stripes -
Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
Jack Dempsey -
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
Val Kilmer -
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
Lajos Kossuth
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
Felix Adler -
I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
Jack Carroll -
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
Samantha Bond -
I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
Rahul Kohli -
Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker.
R. J. Cutler
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
Vijay Sethupathi -
Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
Hank Stram -
I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
Fat Joe -
I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me.
Olivia Newton-John -
Both me and Ishmeet were very naughty. We used to have my grandfather's swords in the house. We used to take all these swords and take all the showpieces Mom had and slice them one by one. He actually locked my nana in the kitchen once for two hours.
Karan Singh Grover
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Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.
R. C. Sproul -
Why does my brain insist on counting the steps every time I walk up a flight of stairs? I just can't help myself. There's something about my mind that always wants to keep counting.
Rachel Nichols -
I lived in a small village outside the city and grew up in a large family, so my world was very much centred around that. I used to sing in the local church, and I would also occasionally sing in the local pubs for which I used to get a few bob. That, for me, was the start of my interest in music, which has obviously expanded since then.
Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries -
In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.
Bill Bryson -
I love to come to L.A. because it's one of the most inspiring places because there are no rules.
Alessandro Michele -
on genders of nouns: Why refer to Lady Crack Pipe or Good Sir Dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied?
David Sedaris