Alistair Cooke Quotes
I talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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Let us have peace.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Pop culture, it's crazy. There's all this violence in video games. In 'Call of Duty,' people are literally just blowing other people up. Hey, let's protect your country from your couch while eating your sandwich.
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I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
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We have, essentially, a worthless democracy.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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It's difficult when you want it all.
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I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
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I developed my taste for coffee at five, staying with my grandmother in Connecticut.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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I really love having conversations and deconstructing things. I don't mind not having a laugh every second. Sometimes things deserve a little more discussion, and then you can have some fun after that.
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I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.
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I wouldn't care if he lost both his legs and was in a wheelchair. But it he's having a hard time...Then I won't see him.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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I look forward to working with Mike and the AT&T Broadband team to achieve the full potential of this tremendous new company,
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They left off talking. They ceased to mention heaven. They were just cups of acceptance.
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I talk to my typewriter and that is what I've been working on for 40 years-how to write for talking.
