William Bennett Quotes
Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..."William Bennett
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
Gary Shteyngart -
We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
Oliver Hudson -
So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
Gavin DeGraw -
I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
Fiona Apple -
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
Damien Hirst -
Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
Ada Yonath
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
Nadia Comaneci -
Hear the other side.
Saint Augustine -
Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
Gary Miller Bad Brains -
I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
Malik Bendjelloul
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
Dana Goodyear -
Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
Vanessa Marcil -
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
Edgar Fiedler -
There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
Dana Carvey -
Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
Caitlin Flanagan -
You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
Laura Carmichael
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If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon, but right now, I'm working with these wonderful women on 'Hot in Cleveland,' and Valerie Bertinelli, and Wendy Malick and Jane Leeves are like, it's like the buddy-ship we had on 'Golden Girls' and 'Mary Tyler Moore.'
Betty White -
I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.
Andrea Barrett -
Of course, I peed my pants, everyone my age pees their pants. It's the coolest.
Adam Sandler -
When I am with my family, then I can just sort of switch off. It's kind of weird, because I go back and I go into this bedroom that I have had since I was a teenager. It is like this parallel universe, because one minute I am on the red carpet and then the next I am hiding out in this room I have had since I was 15.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
A wonderful thing happens over time. You fall in love with the sound of your own voice.
Jerry Lewis -
Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..."
William Bennett