Tom Lehrer Quotes
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I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I'm thinking about going back to work out in a very short time.
Yao Ming -
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
Carl Hiaasen -
I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
Harry Callahan -
I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
Mac DeMarco -
What's in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.
Natasha Richardson
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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.
Warren Beatty -
The days of the Pentagon Papers debates seem long past, when a sudden transparency yielded insight into fights over war and peace and freedom and security; the transparency afforded by Twitter and Facebook yields insights that extend no further than a lawmaker's boundless narcissism and a culture's pitiless prurience.
Nancy Gibbs -
In those one-off games, everyone can do those, but you put together a six, seven-game tournament, the strong survive. For me to still feel good from beginning to end, that's a testament to how I train and what I do.
Carli Lloyd -
Be quiet! Anyone can spit in my face, and call me a criminal and a prostitute. But no one has the right to judge my remorse.
Jean-Paul Sartre -
I painted a painting called 'Milk River' in 1963 Cows don't give milk if they don't have grass and water Tremendous meaning of that is that painters can't give anything to the observer. People get what they need from a painting. The painter need not die because of responsibility. When you have inspiration and represent inspirationThe observer makes the painting.
Agnes Martin -
A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
Burt Shavitz
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Any actor who says he does not like so many people shouting his name would be lying.
Ali Fazal -
It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.
Jim Costa -
One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.
James Stewart -
I want to show people they don't have to be scared of being different.
Jazz Jennings -
Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.
Jason Priestley -
The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always add up. To do this, it often makes up stories, fantastic confabulations in some cases, just to be able to explain what we're experiencing.
Daniel Levitin
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With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse.
Dee Hock -
If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.
Mahatma Gandhi -
People in Toronto love to watch fights.
Daniel Cormier -
I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic.
Frans van Houten -
I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them.
Tom Lehrer