Larry Cohen Quotes
Is there anybody here who can negotiate a movie deal? ... This kid walked up to me and said, 'I can do it for you. I'm Skip Brittenham.'Larry Cohen
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
Sam Reed -
Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
Otto Schily -
Every wall is a door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
Yochai Benkler -
I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
Vera Wang -
She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
Iggy Pop
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
Camilla Lackberg -
Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
Nathaniel Philbrick -
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.
Rainn Wilson -
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
Ian Rankin -
I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.
Cal Hubbard -
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
Quintilian
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
Adam Davidson -
I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
Mallory Jansen -
I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I started working at age thirteen. I'm a product of public schools, I'm a product of a public university. I started my first company when I was 21. I've subsequently never worked for anybody else. I started that first business when I was still in college.
Victor Mitchell -
I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
Nancy Sinatra
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When I'm on stage, it's a little world I've created where I'm sort of the thing, so I have total control over everything that happens. When we're improvising, I'm with someone I totally trust. I know things are going to work out. I don't have those guarantees in life. There are no consequences on stage.
Colin Mochrie -
Gratitude is not a fair weather virtue. True gratitude means appreciating your life no matter what the storms may bring. Is simply being alive gift enough for you to feel grateful?
Mac Anderson -
I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.'
Christoph Waltz -
I don't think I miss anything by not watching television.
Alexandra Paul -
Is there anybody here who can negotiate a movie deal? ... This kid walked up to me and said, 'I can do it for you. I'm Skip Brittenham.'
Larry Cohen