B. C. Forbes Quotes
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.B. C. Forbes
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
Dan Quayle -
You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
Camilla Belle -
When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
Illeana Douglas -
The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair -
Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
Walter Huston -
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
Adam Hamilton
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
Rachel Kushner -
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
Hank Azaria -
Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
V. S. Pritchett -
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
Ian Frazier -
You can bend, but never break. Stay Unbreakable!
Rachele Brooke Smith -
I'm a bubbling brew of emotions, but mostly, I'm an optimistic person.
Carlene Carter
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
Marat Safin -
Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
Natasha Leggero -
I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
Yolanda Adams -
You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
Van Jones -
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
Fran Lebowitz -
The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
Laura Prepon
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I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
Salma Hayek -
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
Kara Walker -
You never grow out of high school sadly.
Kate Bosworth -
I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. Forbes