John Prine Quotes
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
Laura Linney -
Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
Wayne Rogers -
I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
Karen Morley -
We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry -
I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
Wayne Rooney -
The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
Rachel Zoe
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
Pamela Stephenson -
I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
Orson Welles -
'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
A. J. Cook -
Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
Rachel Weisz -
I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.
Ferdinand Marcos -
My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
Jack Adams
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The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it.
Zooey Deschanel -
I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
Eden Hazard -
The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
Yaya Toure -
Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
Vera Wang -
I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else’s narrative.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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It is no coincidence that while some major female artists have married, very few have borne children. The issue is not conservation of energy but imaginative integrity. Art is its own self-swelling, proof that the mind is greater than the body.
Camille Paglia -
I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.
Brendan Coyle -
A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between work and play.
Lawrence Pearsall Jacks -
Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned. She gets cool dance producers to work with her for some bizarre reason, I don't know why. She doesn't even have a good name. It's a stupid name, Kylie, I just don't get it.
Noel Gallagher Oasis -
I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it.
Amy Poehler -
I think it shows when you have to work too hard on a song.
John Prine