John Goodman Quotes
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
Adam Johnson -
Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
Gary Johnson -
When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
Oliver North -
You just can't control your art in the future.
Damian Loeb -
You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
Zooey Deschanel -
I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry.
Tamsin Greig
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
Gary Lineker -
I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
Gabriel Basso -
I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
Faith Ford -
Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.
Rachel Cusk -
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
Rand Paul -
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
Nancy Astor
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I had two primary cancers, which was pretty unusual. And when I got the second one, people told me such terrible bad-news stories, they instigated fears that weren't there in the first place. I do remember with such gratitude one doctor saying to me, 'Two primaries? That's nothing. I've seen a patient with six.'
Sam Taylor-Wood -
The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.
Ted Cruz -
The upside of web-based journalism is that everybody gets a chance. The downside is that everybody gets a chance.
Aaron Sorkin -
Think about it: if the world could see how much adoption means from a cat's point of view, shelters would be empty.
Hannah Simone -
It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.
Larry Wall -
What of the tale of Balaam's ass speaking to him, probably in Hebrew? Is it true, or is it a fable? Many asses have spoken, and doubtless some in Hebrew, but they have not been that breed of asses. Is salvation to depend on a belief in a monstrosity like this?
Clarence Darrow
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Relationships between writers and publishers are of course very strange and change all the time, rather like a see-saw.
Anthony Horowitz -
A lot of people use the phrase 'underage violence,' which, to me, is meaningless.
Jane Goldman -
Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart.
Stephen Covey -
Chipotles to me are a one-of-a-kind pepper because they're smoked jalapenos, so they're fiery and they're smoky. It's good to use chipotles in salsas or soups or condiments - that works really well. To me, they always really pick up anything you put them in.
Bobby Flay -
If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction.
Anthony Mackie -
TV is the best babysitter.
John Goodman