Pat Nixon Quotes

Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

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• There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Men
  • Man
  • Humor

• I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Up
  • Children
  • Education

• I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Family
  • Business
  • American

• I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.

  

  Patricia Ireland
  • Running
  • Day
  • First

• The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Little
  • Matters
  • Field

• If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Kids
  • Light

• No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Up
  • Important
  • Night

• We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
  • Support
  • Decision

• I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • Feeling
  • Myself
  • Movies

• Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.

  

  Gary Paulsen
  • Good
  • Better
  • Down

• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Love
  • Guy

• You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • You
  • Questions
  • Ask

• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Create
  • Go

• If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.

  

  Sammy Hagar Van Halen
  • Stop
  • Singing
  • Voice

• At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Good
  • Home
  • Change

• When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity.

  

  Malcolm X
  • American
  • America
  • Problem

• The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Life
  • Art
  • Kitchen

• I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • Want
  • Lyrics

• You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only a question of time.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Surrender
  • Ferocity
  • Question Of Time

• The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.

  

  Chuck D
  • World
  • Music

• When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.

  

  Mark V. Hurd
  • Job

• When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!

  

  Amy Adams
  • Up
  • Time
  • Live

• Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • World
  • Job
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