William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
Viggo Mortensen
'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done.
Hailee Steinfeld
There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
Victor Hugo
I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
Yvette Nicole Brown
My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.
Mamie Gummer
It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
Irina Shayk
My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.
Walter Matthau
I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.
Larry Hagman
Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd write to the studios asking them if I could be in a movie. They never wrote me back.
Garrett Hedlund
Eventually, I went to college to study psychology, but I was getting more and more TV roles, so I thought, 'You know? It's kind of like psychology, but a little more selfish.' I took a break from school, moved to L.A., and never went back.
Malin Akerman
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Ursula K. Le Guin
The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.
Vernor Vinge
