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It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.

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• I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Never
  • Try
  • Research

• I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.

  

  Randall Park
  • Kind
  • Stupid
  • Offensive

• My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.

  

  S. T. Joshi
  • Father
  • Age
  • Religion

• Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Work
  • Great
  • Respectful

• Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Hand
  • Growth
  • Values

• A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Home
  • Reality
  • Present

• The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.

  

  Lajos Kossuth
  • Time
  • World
  • Change

• I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.

  

  Samantha Barks
  • Work
  • Love
  • Career

• When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Space
  • Water
  • Yourself

• Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Family
  • Marriage
  • Married

• We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.

  

  Gale Sayers
  • People
  • Good
  • Guy

• When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.

  

  Ian Watson
  • Look
  • Try
  • Employer

• Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • People
  • Hate
  • Know

• If you spend your whole life being depressed about life, you're wasting it.

  

  C. K. Williams
  • Life
  • You
  • Whole

• Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Life
  • God
  • Enjoy

• It's really cool when a guy tips 20 per cent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Done
  • Guy
  • Cool

• I think it's time that we all be there for the children, to learn from the ones who came before us, and to teach our sons and daughters to have respect for themselves.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Time
  • Children
  • Respect

• In 1955-56, Saint Joseph's won the first Big Five championship, compiled a 23-6 overall record, and entered its first postseason competition ever - the National Invitation Tournament - finishing third. That season's success seemed to vault St. Joe's into the national collegiate basketball scene, and it has been there since.

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Success
  • Competition
  • Basketball

• It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees - and usually when you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most.

  

  Kanye West
  • World
  • Bad

• Fear of foreign domination in India led the Janata Party, in the 1970s, to push for partial Indian ownership of all multinational firms within the country. The result was a spectacular pullback, by companies such as IBM and Coca-Cola, and a stagnant economy.

  

  Peter Blair Henry
  • Country
  • Fear
  • Party

• I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.

  

  Tim Gane
  • Week
  • Records
  • Heard

• I'll get in that habit of throwing the ball over the plate too much. You want to keep it going, get those guys back into the dugout. But it's not a good thing when you're over more than a third of the plate.

  

  Matt Cain
  • Good
  • Habit

• I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.

  

  Joaquin Andujar
  • Crazy
  • Stupid

• It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.

  

  Avi