Andy Rooney Quotes
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens -
Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
Salman Rushdie -
I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
Gabriel Iglesias -
I'm not much of a jokester.
Adam Baldwin -
Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
Octavio Paz -
The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
Felipe VI of Spain
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
Yvette Nicole Brown -
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Larry Flynt -
Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.
Larry Wilcox -
Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
Patrice O'Neal -
Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
B. B. King -
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Oscar Wilde
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
Zach Braff -
Well, I'm a professional.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
Nate Parker -
The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
Ted Rall -
I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.
Rachel Sklar -
Bob Weir calls me a saint, but I'm 'Saint Misbehavin'.' They're making a documentary about my life, and that's the current shooting title. I can roll with that, but otherwise the s-word makes me really paranoid.
Wavy Gravy
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God's truth is literal truth. The illumined mind has more operative cells. In reclaiming the mystical, we take back our whole selves. Formerly barren mental lands spring to new life through the planting of spiritual seeds.
Marianne Williamson -
The President should spend his time going after the terrorists rather than sharing sensitive counter terrorism information with countries that sponsor terrorism.
Frank Lautenberg -
It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service.
Albert Einstein -
I was a closet Journey fan when I was growing up.
Patty Jenkins -
Growing up in a group home, and with an undiagnosed learning disability to boot, the odds of success were not on my side. But when I joined the high school football team, I learned the value of discipline, focus, persistence, and teamwork - all skills that have proven vital to my career as a C.E.O. and social entrepreneur.
Darell Hammond -
By the time they're ready to be thrown away, most shoes are thoroughly comfortable
Andy Rooney