Alphonse Allais Quotes
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
Floyd Abrams -
Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
Manoj Bhargava -
I remember taking my mom and dad to the premiere of 'The Inbetweeners Movie' and being really nervous. My mom was like, 'Laura, don't worry: I've watched all of the first series of the TV show, so I understand what this is going to be like.'
Laura Haddock -
If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
J. B. Smoove -
Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
Saffron Burrows
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
Aaron Swartz -
Music was the only voice of cinema for a very long time before we had sound; it's organically linked to cinema itself.
Xavier Dolan -
I never want my kids to feel like I'm just some housewife who was just kicking it with my husband, because that's not the kind of woman that I am.
Tamar Braxton -
My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.
Jack Dee -
One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
Karlheinz Stockhausen -
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
Sam Levenson
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There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.
Dan DeCarlo -
When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.
Umberto Eco -
Any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.
Barack Obama -
There is nothing there. What you see is not what you see. What you see is nothing. Nothing but shapes, lines, colors. What you see is whats in your mind. What you see is something somebody told you to look for. Look out for anything you see! Watch it! Watch out! Take care! Don’t leap before you look out.
Ad Reinhardt -
I am a poor man from a poor country, so I have to be entertaining every second.
Nam June Paik -
We are like figures which some great demonstrator draws upon the blackboard of Time. A problem is to be solved, without doubt; what the problem is, we, the figures, cannot know and do not need to know; all we know is that sooner or later we shall be sponged off the board and other figures take our places, and the demonstration go on.
John Burroughs
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I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.
Javier Bardem -
It is important this campaign be waged on a higher level of dignity and character. We will continue to move forward with our positive message for Pennsylvania.
Lynn Swann -
I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
Jerry Jeff Walker -
I am the oldest of three girls and the only one not named after one of my father's ex-girlfriends.
Lisa Jewell -
Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus?
John Clayton -
Première communion de jeunes filles chlorotiques par un temps de neige.
Alphonse Allais