Carly Simon Quotes

I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

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• I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.

  

  Idris Elba
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

  

  Abraham Maslow
  • Thoughts
  • Language
  • Communication

• My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Up
  • She
  • Hope

• The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Me
  • Issues
  • Journalism

• I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Medical
  • Cost
  • Seen

• When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • People
  • Organization
  • Start

• The white usurpation in our common country must be stopped, or we, its rightful owners, be forever destroyed and wiped out as a race of people. I am now at the head of many warriors backed by the strong arm of English soldiers. Choctaws and Chickasaws, you have too long borne with grievous usurpation inflicted by the arrogant Americans.

  

  Tecumseh
  • People
  • Country
  • Race

• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

  

  Mae West
  • Live
  • Enough
  • Right

• Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I really enjoy, and that's kind of inspired me. I've always been intrigued in or interested in the topics I've been covering.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • Life
  • Enjoy
  • Inspired

• Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.

  

  Carlos Mesa
  • Country
  • Equals
  • Bolivia

• It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Different
  • Actor
  • Athlete

• I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry.

  

  Cam Newton
  • Job
  • Hate
  • Attention

• 'I say to the Dublin government, Mr Faulkner says it's 'hands across the border to Dublin'. I say, if they don't behave themselves in the South, it will be shots across the border!'

  

  Ian Paisley

• How could I of all people, chastise someone for their past?

  

  Khaled Hosseini
  • People
  • Past

• I went to Norman High then I walked across the street after that and went to college. That's my home town, that's where I'm from. Physically I'm a Texan, but I'm an Oklahoman.

  

  Christian Kane
  • Home
  • High
  • College

• As you may possibly have noticed from time to time, I have tended to make a habit of sticking my head above the parapet and generally getting it shot off for pointing out what has always been blindingly obvious to me.

  

  Prince Charles
  • Time
  • May
  • Habit

• The tar sands boom has become the world's largest energy project, the world's largest construction project, and the world's largest capital project.

  

  Andrew Nikiforuk
  • World
  • Energy

• Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Country
  • Together
  • House

• I was taught in Bible college, religion and politics don't mix.

  

  Jerry Falwell
  • College
  • Bible

• I'm just looking for touching characters.

  

  Matthias Schoenaerts

• Even today, people tell me that the slapstick humour in 'Friends' is the most viewed comedy track on television. Siddique knows the art of mixing slapstick with genuine humour.

  

  Vijay
  • People
  • Art
  • Friends

• I can do no more than tell the truth.

  

  Frank McCourt
  • Truth

• The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.

  

  Dorothy Allison
  • Truth
  • Beautiful

• I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.

  

  Carly Simon