Owen Wister Quotes
In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts.
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I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
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I don't wear sunscreen. I don't have a skincare program.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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I am an inventor of music.
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I wanted to be the first female, young teenager producer, and it didn't happen. And when it finally did happen, I was shelved because I was signed to Warner Bros.
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I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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We feel very honored to have been offered the responsibility to host this great event, Berlin is a wonderful city that is developing at a tremendous rate, and this decision means that we can now prepare to welcome the world's best athletes to a fascinating place.
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Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.
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It's estimated that one million girls in India 'disappear' every year.
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Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened to pick them in order to be made known to the world.
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There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.
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If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
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ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.
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If I was made of chocolate I would melt myself in a car to ruin the interior.
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In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied.
