Clive James (Vivian Leopold James) Quotes
If the assembled company rags you for a failing, you can usually play up to it for comic effect: it's the failing they don't mention that you have to watch out for.Clive James
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
Valentina Zelyaeva -
I'm not Cinderella.
Valerie Trierweiler -
We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.
Lamar Alexander -
We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani -
I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
Valerie Plame -
I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
Dan Futterman
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
Pat Robertson -
I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
Hamid Karzai -
Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
Oliver Reed -
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
Edgar Wright -
I have a paranoia that 'Ablutions' is the best thing I'll ever do.
Patrick deWitt -
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
Tadao Ando -
My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
Kajal Aggarwal -
As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
Imran Amed -
I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
Abbey Lee Kershaw
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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.
Barry Commoner -
Anger is one of those emotions that doesn't follow the letter of the law. It speaks before it thinks. It rears up on its hind legs and charges.
Lynn Coady -
I was a comic book nut and grew up on 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones.'
Christian Borle -
Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.
Mary J. Blige -
They make a fuss about Hogsmeade, but I assure you, Harry, it's not all it's cracked up to be. All right, the sweetshop's rather good, and Zonko's Joke Shop's frankly dangerous, and yes, the Shrieking Shack is always worth a visit, but really, Harry, apart from that, you're not missing anything.
Joanne Rowling -
If the assembled company rags you for a failing, you can usually play up to it for comic effect: it's the failing they don't mention that you have to watch out for.
Clive James