Charles Coburn Quotes
There are two kinds of people - those who don't do what they want to do, so they write down in a diary about what they haven't done, and those who are too busy to write about it because they're out doing it!Charles Coburn
Quotes to Explore
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
Cara Delevingne -
My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
Kate Christensen -
Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan.
Ouida -
My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.
Omar Sharif -
I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.
Narendra Modi
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Like some magistrate grown gray in office,Calmly he contemplates alike the justAnd unjust, with indifference he notesEvil and good, and knows not wrath nor pity.
Alexander Pushkin -
The friendship I had with Elvis began to take shape in 1968 when I was recording in Memphis. I'd record during the day, and Elvis would send one of his guys over to bring me to Graceland at night. Everything you've heard about Graceland during Elvis's glory days is true and then some.
Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers -
The truth is overrated.
Paul Westerberg The Replacements -
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
Marguerite Young -
It's hard to stop wars, and it's hard to stop the abuse of the planet and all of those things. I guess you just do what you can do and voice your concern.
Alex Lifeson Rush -
After 60, it's just patch, patch, patch.
Mary Martin
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I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.
Christopher Walken -
In high school, I was always into Jerry Lee Lewis, and they decided they needed a piano player for the jazz band. I had my little boogie-woogie thing that I did, so I did my little boogie-woogie thing. I had a very high-pitched voice.
Nellie McKay -
You find the most important thing that really grabs you, and put it right up top. Don't bury the lead. Put it at the top. Best thing to do. Never go wrong that way. It's an immutable law of journalism. It just always works.
Kurt Loder -
I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.
Don Cheadle -
The culture of critique undermines the spirit not only of people in public roles but of those who read about them, afraid to believe in anyone or anything because the next story... will tell them why they shouldn't.
Deborah Tannen -
I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow.
Neil Young Buffalo Springfield
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But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me.
Sara Gilbert -
I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.
John Rhys-Davies -
Giving oneself permission to write to begin with is the first enormous challenge. But you discover that this permission involves a requirement: To write about things that are difficult because they are, in fact, your subject.
Jonathan Galassi -
I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
Dak Prescott -
You can microwave a Pop Tart. That just blew me away that you could do that. How long does it take to toast a Pop Tart? A minute and a half if you want it dark? People don't have that kind of time? Listen, if you need to zap-fry your Pop Tarts before you head out the door, you might want to loosen up your schedule.
Brian Regan -
There are two kinds of people - those who don't do what they want to do, so they write down in a diary about what they haven't done, and those who are too busy to write about it because they're out doing it!
Charles Coburn