Steve Toltz Quotes
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
Randy West -
If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
Adam Mansbach -
No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
Viktor E. Frankl -
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
Ian Fleming -
On the one hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them.
Hanna Rosin -
I have a paralyzing fear of snakes.
Kate Upton
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One of my favorite experiences in my career, certainly one of the most interesting characters I've ever played, was Simon Lee on 'The Event.' That was a show I was quite proud of and a character I really enjoyed playing. It was one of the most three-dimensional characters that was ever written for me and that I'd ever gotten to play.
Ian Anthony Dale -
I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity.
Vernon A. Walters -
David Chase is a genius.
Frank Vincent -
Simon Wiesenthal will forever be rightly credited with ensuring justice was done for some of the worst crimes in history...He was tireless in his efforts and he gave the Jewish communities in the UK and around the world a lifetime of service, and future generations will forever be indebted to him. His important work will be continued by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, ensuring that his name and legacy are preserved. The name Simon Wiesenthal will forever be synonymous with justice and fostering tolerance and understanding.
Jack Straw -
It may be my rather puritanical upbringing at odds with my inborn laziness that makes me feel guilty at the end of the day, unless I am able to point at some achievement. But this need be no more impressive than cooking a meal or going for a long walk.
Ian Mckellen -
Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools.
E. Haldeman-Julius
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Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
Oscar Wilde -
Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond.
W. H. Auden -
Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?
Ernest Hemingway -
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
William Howard Taft -
Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted to find the painter's creative center and become familiar with it, so that I could see through his eyes how his paintings came about and, of course, see the new picture I was painting through his eyes - before I even painted it.
Wolfgang Beltracchi -
Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
Bella Abzug