Samuel Johnson Quotes
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If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
G. Willow Wilson -
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
Harold Pinter -
I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
Barbra Streisand -
In the wake of the United Kingdom's vote to 'Brexit' the E.U., we Europeans will indeed have to rethink how our Union works; but we know very well what we need to work for. We know what our principles, interests, and priorities are.
Federica Mogherini -
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn
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The interaction between the two matters, but to me, each doesn't really exist independently of the other, so I'm not ever faced with a situation where the tone is wrong for the story, or the story wrong for the tone. They are two parts of one thing.
Rachel Kushner -
As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
Aaron Sorkin -
I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. Langer -
My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality.
A. R. Rahman -
When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
Vicki Lawrence -
The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
Randall Munroe
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You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
H. R. McMaster -
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
Adam Pascal -
Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
Sam Graves -
Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
Harold Pinter -
I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
Nadia Comaneci -
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
Adam Osborne
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You know the problem, we don't want to believe what we know.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
I don't support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again.
Jesse Ventura -
Dreams are reality waiting to happen.
Nick Jonas Jonas Brothers -
Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.
Barack Obama -
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
Samuel Johnson