David Biespiel Quotes

American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

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• My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Hate
  • First
  • Lottery

• An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Reason
  • Cause
  • Justification

• Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Why
  • She
  • Bad

• Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Experience
  • You
  • Acting

• I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Pleasure
  • Nonfiction
  • Exclusively

• It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

  

  Gary Barlow Take That
  • Me
  • Artist
  • Famous

• So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.

  

  Aaron Ashmore
  • People
  • Many
  • Loyal

• I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.

  

  Daniel Dae Kim
  • Home
  • Funny
  • Wife

• I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Past

• I never felt truly at home in Switzerland.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Home
  • Never
  • Switzerland

• There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Men
  • Women
  • Step

• History will treat me right.

  

  Ralph Abernathy
  • History
  • Right
  • Treat

• Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.

  

  Barbara Park
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Society

• Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • Good
  • Sweet
  • Grow

• I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Country
  • Permanent
  • Invented

• Many senior policemen put greater emphasis on maintaining 'order' than on upholding the law. In practice that meant failing to uphold the rights of individuals against the rule of the mob.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
  • Law
  • Practice
  • Senior

• I'm not a politician.

  

  Eric Braeden

• There's only two choices when life goes wrong. You deal with it, or you check out, and, like 90% of people, I go for the former.

  

  Bernard Sumner New Order
  • People
  • Life
  • Choices

• Enrique Muricano isn't afraid to try something new, to take risks, to possibly fail, and in turn, set himself apart.

  

  Lela Loren

• I never really sat down and decided, 'And now this is what I'm going to do.' I just do it.

  

  Leah Pipes

• I realized I could work for a manufacturer or a hospital, or I could work for a company that enables the manufacturer, the hospital, and everything else.

  

  Geisha Williams
  • Work

• When I do get married again, I'm just going to take time off.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • Time
  • Married
  • Take Time

• People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.

  

  A.M. Homes
  • People
  • Attention

• American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry.

  

  David Biespiel
  • Long
  • Poetry
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