Elif Batuman Quotes
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
Carice van Houten -
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
Dan Quinn -
I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
Victoria Pratt -
I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
Nate Diaz -
The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen -
I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
Samira Wiley -
No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
Bebe Neuwirth -
These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
Valerie Trierweiler -
When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
Ralph Hall
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
Victoria Pratt -
I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
Nate Silver -
I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
Zooey Deschanel -
I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
Kate Beckinsale -
We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
Walter F. Ulmer -
We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
Vernon Howard
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The first time I got locked up, I was in Walmart stealing BB guns.
Rakim Hasheem Allen -
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.
Nelson A. Miles -
To be confronted as you exit the polling place is really a matter of if you have the time, if you have the inclination to speak to a stranger, and if you want to divulge what is a very sacred, private matter - the way that you just voted.
Kellyanne Conway -
Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.
O. J. Simpson -
By the time I got to college, the Cold War was basically over.
Elif Batuman