Alice Mattison Quotes
I think a day in your life on which nothing bad happens may be a wonderful day, but it probably isn't going to be the basis of a story.Alice Mattison
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
Irvine Welsh -
My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.
Queen Latifah -
As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
Harold Ramis -
Banning paper and plastic and making shoppers carry their groceries home in their mouths like dogs is just the thing to make a little tin humanist in the Obama West Wing think he's admiral of the Uzbek Navy.
P. J. O'Rourke -
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
Cameron Russell -
I'm very active, wild woman.
Laura Schlessinger
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You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.
Bebe Neuwirth -
George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
Gary Weiss -
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.
Ted Levine -
I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy.
Kate Moss -
But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.
Karl Shapiro
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There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.
Daniel Radcliffe -
No, sir, th' dimmycratic party ain't on speakin' terms with itsilf. Whin ye see two men with white neckties go into a sthreet car an' set in opposite corners while wan mutthers Thraiter an' th' other hisses Miscreent ye can bet they're two dimmycratic leaders thryin' to reunite th' gran' ol' party.
Finley Peter Dunne -
Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.
Gail Tsukiyama -
It must be remembered that painting is not the mere gratification of sight.
Joshua Reynolds -
Americans get very simple explanations of what happens to them.
Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones -
I knew my time would come I just had to stay focused and disciplined and if you work hard good things happen. I am right where I am supposed to be.
Chris Algieri
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You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.
Gautama Buddha -
Because of the way our society is structures, using sentences such as "I don't it" can put people at a disadvantage. And this is, of course, why teachers have to give students access to Standard English, in order to protect them against this sort of prejudice.
Kate Burridge -
I think a day in your life on which nothing bad happens may be a wonderful day, but it probably isn't going to be the basis of a story.
Alice Mattison