Upton Sinclair Quotes
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.Upton Sinclair
Quotes to Explore
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
Ed Markey -
Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.
Patricia Schroeder -
Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
Kareena Kapoor Khan -
When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
Illeana Douglas -
I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
Malin Akerman -
When you start writing songs on your own, there's no Bible, there's no one around you, so you're just writing, and you're left with, like, the dead space in your head to know if it's a good song or an interesting concept.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
Ed Stoppard -
You mustn't upstage the bride.
Ian Mckellen -
My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
J. J. Watt -
Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
Ian Watson -
I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?
Olivia Thirlby -
People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
Kate Morton
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I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
Queen Latifah -
We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
Tanya Tucker -
I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
Nacho Figueras -
I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
Patricia Marx -
I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
Jackie Robinson -
I am a very selfish person.
Lara Flynn Boyle
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Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range.
David Schwimmer -
I did quite a lot of fencing when I was a kid. I was a swimmer, and I played a lot of basketball. I was a fencer for Great Britain, but I only did that because I watched 'Robin Hood,' 'Star Wars,' 'Highlander' and 'The Three Musketeers,' and I wanted to emulate Richard Harris and the great British actors that I grew up watching.
Kieran Bew -
When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
Zachary Gordon -
Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
I want to seize fate by the throat.
Ludwig van Beethoven -
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair