Bill Konigsberg Quotes

I had the strong sensation that I'd underestimated my parents and their devotion to me. Of course they'd be on my side, whether they understood or not. That was just the kind of parents they were.

Bill Konigsberg

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• We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • People
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• Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Up
  • Eye
  • Shadow

• Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.

  

  Hannah Storm
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• Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

  

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• The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.

  

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• I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'

  

  Candy Crowley
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• The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.

  

  Jaan Tallinn
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• Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

  

  Patrick Marber
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• I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

  

  Webb Simpson
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• I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Love
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• Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Violence
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• Commercials capture your attention, that's all.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Attention
  • Your
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• I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

  

  Eddie Marsan
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• If you were an alien who came to our bookstores - or browsed our teen magazines - you'd think that only Earth girls who look like Mila Kunis ever got any action.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Earth
  • Action
  • Alien

• The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.

  

  Park Chan-wook
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  • Way
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• Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
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• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

  

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• The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.

  

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• On the left hand path we take the direct route, which is much more strenuous, much more dangerous, and much more likely to cause you to fall.

  

  Zeena Schreck
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• I was impersonating people way, way, way early, as far back as I can remember. And I would do people on my street for my parents, I remember. And in school, I did the same thing with all the teachers. It was just like, I mean, it was something I loved to do. I don't think there was a time when I wasn't doing it. I was always doing it.

  

  Fred Armisen
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• I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

  

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  • Great
  • Job
  • Help

• I had the strong sensation that I'd underestimated my parents and their devotion to me. Of course they'd be on my side, whether they understood or not. That was just the kind of parents they were.

  

  Bill Konigsberg
  • Parents
  • Devotion
  • Sensation