Barry Humphries Quotes
I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation I've had about Beckett was with a Dublin taxi driver.Barry Humphries
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
F. Murray Abraham -
I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
Nadia Comaneci -
While many in the social enterprise space often qualify themselves as 'non-profit,' these organizations should instead treat themselves as 'for-purpose.' These organizations should focus on their mission to create social good, while still treating themselves with the same commitment to rigor and discipline as the best for-profits.
Adam Braun -
My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
Sam Donaldson -
I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
Larry Wilmore -
Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
Karl Ove Knausgaard
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
Taylor Swift -
I'm an artist at heart.
Lance Reddick -
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
Zooey Deschanel -
'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
E. O. Wilson -
What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.
Carl Stokes
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You can't be in love with a Google search.
Taylor Swift -
If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
Zebulon Pike -
The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
Cara Delevingne -
It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
Fay Vincent -
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
Sam Houston
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The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.
M. J. Rose -
One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've done for 3,000 performances or a song you're singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive.
Brian Stokes Mitchell -
I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably – small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.
Taylor Hanson Hanson -
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
If the bride and groom are relaxed and happy, everything flows from there. Big or small, formal or informal - there is no right way. The most important thing is that the couple feels loved and enjoys their big day.
James William Middleton -
I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation I've had about Beckett was with a Dublin taxi driver.
Barry Humphries