Billy Collins Quotes

Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.

Billy Collins

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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.

Saffron Aldridge
- Life
- Mother
- Morning
I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

Karen Elson
Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.

Dana Perino
- Always
- More
- Laugh
Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.

Ian Anthony Dale
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.

Jack Canfield
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

Jack Adams
- Office
- Where
- Assignment