Lorrie Moore Quotes
The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father.' And you know what they say? 'I could never do that!'
Lorrie Moore
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Salman Rushdie
Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
Jack Henry Abbott
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
Larry Wilmore
You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
Pat Gillick
What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city.
Samantha Shannon
In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
Usher
Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
Damian Lewis
I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
Ralph Bakshi
I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
Larry Hogan
Women and gay men have something in common after all: in that they are trying to deal with this goofy egotistical monster called a man.
Edmund White
The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
Rachel Weisz
I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
Nadia Giosia
I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
Caitlin Moran
I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
Damian Lewis
I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
O. J. Simpson
To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
Sally Mann
I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
T. J. Miller
Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.
Edwin Moses
