Irv Kupcinet Quotes
By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.
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Geometry is the noblest branch of physics.
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By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
