Anne Roiphe Quotes
I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why of your life and the why of your choices and the what has happened that you know and the what that you don't know is really riveting, and psychoanalysts share my wonder at how it all unfolds.Anne Roiphe
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
Daniel Barber -
I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
Yair Lapid -
It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
Parker Posey -
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
Paris Hilton
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
Nancy Pelosi -
Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
Hans Jonas -
My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
Vince Cable -
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
W. H. Auden -
I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
Gareth Gates -
Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
Madhur Mittal
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I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
Candice Bergen -
Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
Damian Lewis -
I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
Halle Berry -
Confidence is the most beautiful thing you can possess.
Sabrina Carpenter -
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
Sam Waterston -
Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
Abel Ferrara
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The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.
Bernard Hopkins -
Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.
Ziad Abdelnour -
People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.
Perry Como -
You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.
John Travolta -
I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting.
Maria Sharapova -
I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why of your life and the why of your choices and the what has happened that you know and the what that you don't know is really riveting, and psychoanalysts share my wonder at how it all unfolds.
Anne Roiphe