Imelda May Quotes
I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again.
Quotes to Explore
-
During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.
-
The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
-
I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.
-
I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
-
Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
-
When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.
-
I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk.
-
You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
-
I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
-
My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
-
I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
-
In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
-
I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
-
At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
-
For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
-
I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don't want adventure.
-
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
-
No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
-
Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.
-
We only got clothing once a year, like, right before school began. It's like, that's when you got your clothing.
-
I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
-
I believe that hunger for a 'lost dimension' of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn't go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the 'Harry Potter' books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth.
-
I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again.
