Imogene Coca Quotes
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.Imogene Coca
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
Tara Strong -
I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
Salma Hayek -
In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
Warren Spector -
I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
Pat Summitt -
A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.
Palaniappan Chidambaram -
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
Damon Albarn Gorillaz -
As long as I love Beauty I am young.
W. H. Davies -
It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
Ted Deutch -
I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
Rae Carson -
You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
A. S. Byatt -
One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another.
Yo-Yo Ma
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
Ira Sachs -
I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
Karrie Webb -
My life is studded with a series of coincidences.
Manju Warrier -
There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
Daley Thompson -
I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.
Sachin Tendulkar -
I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.
Ian McShane
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
Lao Tzu -
Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead
Barack Obama -
I want to inspire people to do whatever they desire in life.
Demetrius Shipp, Jr. -
People don't like success.
Beny Steinmetz -
It is the tendency of the study of science to make us patient, humble and attentive to the smallest things. Is not this part of religion?
John Lancaster Spalding -
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
Imogene Coca