Andy Rooney Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
Dana Ashbrook -
Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
Tananarive Due -
When all are wrong, everyone is right.
Ed Koch -
I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
Zoe Kazan -
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Baltasar Gracian -
I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.
Ike Barinholtz
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I am a citizen of the world.
Abbas Kiarostami -
There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
Pat Summerall -
Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
Gary Johnson -
In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
Taya Kyle -
I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
Aaron Sorkin -
I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
Ice Cube
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
Ted Danson -
I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen -
When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
Calvin Johnson -
Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
Jack Nicholson -
If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
Talcott Parsons
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Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.
Paul Guilfoyle -
I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their stride, and this thing happens, where you can tell they got everything they wanted. And it starts to look a little relaxed. No criticism to the shows whatsoever; these people are geniuses.
Fred Armisen -
The most popular labor-saving device is still money.
Phyllis George -
I see three forces militating in favor of growing inequality: increasing measurement of worker value added, automation through smart software, and globalization.
Tyler Cowen -
Elephants and grandchildren never forget.
Andy Rooney