Steve Martin Quotes
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Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.
Hannah Simone -
I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?
Patrick Ness -
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
Eddie Izzard -
Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till 32 or 34 with same fitness and without injuries, he will come to a point where not even Vivian Richards neither Sachin Tendulkar had such a record.
Kapil Dev -
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
Xavier Niel -
Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.
Captain Beefheart
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Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more aware of my body. Since I've chosen acting as my career, I have to keep my weight down anyway-I've been used to it for years, so it's no problem. And there's nothing I can't do.
Dana Hill -
It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one.
Sam Shepard -
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
L. Frank Baum -
I know how to be funny to black audiences.
Brandon T. Jackson -
I think my funny books are my favorites because I like to laugh so much.
Dav Pilkey -
The biggest problem of all is that it's very difficult to tell my daughter, 'Swearing is not clever or funny,' because I earn a living by swearing.
Peter Capaldi
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My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.
Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco -
I really don't know what makes a comedian. I think it's a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line.
Bob Newhart -
When I write, I'm not trying to be funny. It's the way I look at the world.
Billy Collins -
People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.
Matt Lucas -
We learn about MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman. Would it be as inspirational? Would it have as much gravitas to it?
Jennifer Hyman -
You can't be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.
Brendan Coyle
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That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery.
Barbara Hershey -
When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.
Daniel Craig -
Consumer behaviour changes in a glacial fashion.
John Quelch -
You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.'
Kim Edwards -
I'm persuaded today that the only way you can get into another country with a different culture from your own is to find a local partner who knows the market. Discovering this felt like small children discovering that if you put a bobby pin into an electric plug you get a shock!
Roberto Civita -
Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
Steve Martin