top quotations of all time
nice passion pride
I have a lot of passion. I have a lot of pride. I think I do get that from my family. But you can be driven and be nice. Aerin Lauder
attracted difficult easy life looking point seem simply work
I have always been attracted to difficult work. There really doesn't seem much point in looking for the easy life as an actor. I would simply get bored. Robert Powell
events honest recollection
I have always been honest about my recollection of events. David Blunkett
gender
I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women. Romola Garai
done blame willing
I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done Lillie Langtry
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mother attitude reality
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health. Jean Piaget
brought felt home
I have always felt more at home in a culture that has nothing to do with the one I was born and brought up in. Simon McBurney
ideas political intuition
I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea. V. S. Naipaul
roles vulgar has-beens
I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar. Christopher Walken
addicted addictive music nature obsessive
I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music. Chet Faker
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dictates driving joke moment rhythm
I like the rhythm of comedy in dramas, if that makes sense. In other words, I don't want to write setup, punch, setup, punch, where the joke dictates the scene; I want to find comedy in which the drama is actually driving the moment in the scene. Rob Thomas
death far
I like things that are just about to go. Everything's leaving. Death is never far away from me. When you make something, death can't help but be in it. Gary Hume
nice nasty easier
I like to be firm. But it is easier to be nice than to be nasty. Wolfgang Puck
family-and-friends my-family know-me
I like to be judged by my family and friends because they know me. Leighton Meester
believe skills influence
I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon. Ron Perlman
Top Life quotes
reality deals reality-of-life
I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that. Geezer Butler
breasts chicken couple dinner drink eat egg fresh fuel protein rice shakes steak
I like to eat Wheaties Fuel for breakfast with fresh fruit and egg whites. For lunch, I like to eat my wife's 'homerun chicken,' which is chicken, rice and vegetables, and for dinner I eat grilled steak or a couple of chicken breasts with rice and vegetables. During the day, I drink OhYeah! protein shakes as a snack. Albert Pujols
sports littles little-things
I like to feel that I understand little things about sports. Bill James
challenges grain
I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge. Wyclef Jean
hang people purely resonates rover
I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them. Damon Albarn
Top Positive quotes
car flipping goes guys hang stick time
I like to hang on to cars. I'm not one of these guys that goes flipping cars all the time. If I find a car I like, I stick with it. Bill Engvall
kitchen use pot
I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen. Ted Allen
real real-life mets
I like to have met someone in real life before being their Facebook friend. Nicholas A. Christakis
subjects
I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history. Bruno Tonioli
home my-family
I like to stay home with my family. Mads Mikkelsen
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rhythm
I like to stay in the rhythm of things. Marissa Mayer
thinking new-yorkers pathetic
I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic. Moon Unit Zappa
audience color
I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument. Bobby McFerrin
winning very-happy ifs
I like to win. If I lose, I'm not very happy. Hermann Maier
food homes invite people public saint tribute visiting
I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras. Poppy Z. Brite
Top Beauty quotes
moving exciting
I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting. Katey Sagal
interesting actresses different
I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that theres so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you. Ryan Gosling
condition dialog good mine novel treatment turned
I like writing dialog but don't think I'd be much good at a screenplay. I once had to write a treatment for a novel of mine - a condition of its being optioned by a movie producer - and I turned out something pretty lackluster. So my inclination would be to stay out of the way of an experienced screenwriter. Thomas Mallon
band particular happenings
I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular. Caroline Corr
talking singers video
I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. Renee Fleming
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radio further-education university
I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. Helen McCrory
texas umpires way
I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring. Jim Evans
names my-own
I literally was famous before I knew my own name, Corey Feldman
years sea weather
I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round. Anna Torv
thinking
I lived for music since I could think. Hugh Masekela
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thinking years adjectives
I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold. Amy Poehler
war school athlete
I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. Roger Bannister
book editors months
I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets. Anita Diament
memories missing earth
I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything. David Wenham
window old-fashioned
I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come. A. J. McLean
Top Romantic quotes
listen love open stern
I'll talk to Howard Stern about anything. I listen to him every day. I love him. When you go on his show, you kind of have to be an open book. Ross Mathews
loud
I'll talk to myself out loud a lot. Mira Sorvino
almost date good lady love salad
I'll tell you who makes me laugh, in a good way, and I'd love to have a date with her: if I could just have a salad with Lady Gaga? This would be my - I would almost probably faint. Richard Simmons
art
I'll watch anything, from action to art films. Nathaniel Philbrick
bad praised
I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things. Fiona Shaw
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