Frances McDormand Quotes
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
Owen Paterson -
When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
Adam DeVine -
But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
Ed Bradley -
Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
Madisen Beaty -
I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
Warren Farrell -
Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
Ralph Nader
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
Garth Brooks -
The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
Bai Ling -
People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.
T-Pain -
Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
F. Sionil Jose -
I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
Warren Spector -
Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'
Kate Moss
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
Adam Grant -
Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
Kate Millett -
It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
Nadia Comaneci -
When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.
Carlos Ghosn -
I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
Jack Wild -
Quality attracts quality. People want to be on a good show.
Oscar Nunez
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I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.
Drew Barrymore -
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
Vikas Swarup -
The writer will write in his or her words, but the readers, even when they are not reading you, will take it elsewhere entirely.
Amitava Kumar -
At one point in my practice, of the 10 largest home builders in the United States, seven of the 10 were my clients.
William Krisel -
I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important issue. And it was an important issue to me, personally. And the whole question of when - when do you put the camera down or when do you keep shooting to get the shot. And a number of times in my life I've had that question hit me very hard.
Haskell Wexler -
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
Frances McDormand