Thomas Holcroft Quotes
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
Yogi Berra -
You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
Hannibal Buress -
'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
Sam Simon -
I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
Becky G -
My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
Kate McKinnon -
I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
Dan Deacon
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
Laure Manaudou -
I like the strategy of finding great entrepreneurs early, giving them some money, helping them a little - perhaps not as much as we would a regular core investment.
Dan Levitan -
The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
Gary Ackerman -
I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
Fareed Zakaria -
The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
Gay Talese -
There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.
Gary Zukav
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Teaching kids to become something other than what they were born to be is probably impossible; teaching them to behave in ways that seem unnatural to them at the start is actually not that hard.
Adam Gopnik -
I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay -
Imagination comes of not having things.
LeRoy Neiman -
I'm mainstream.
The Weeknd -
We live in a world where people can ridicule you at the push of the button. They can question you at the push of a button.
Chadwick Boseman -
It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.
Philip Hammond
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I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.
Martha Stewart -
Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.
Uma Thurman -
I don't want to scream 'Immigrant Song' every night for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I could.
Robert Plant Led Zeppelin -
Being true to yourself means living in truth with each person in your life. It means refusing to say or do something that you don't believe is right. Living in truth with other people means that you refuse to stay in any situation where you are unhappy with the behavior of another person. You refuse to tolerate it. You refuse to compromise.
Brian Tracy -
Life is short and art is long.
Seneca the Younger -
Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.
Thomas Holcroft