It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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I can’t even explain to you how terrible that feels that I equate dating a woman with punishment shame guilt disappointment reproach reprimand persecution. It’s a nightmare.
Lillian Hellman – People change and forget to tell…
People change and forget to tell each other.
Christian Bale – I’m English. Our dentistry is not…
I’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous.
Ernst Haas – All I wanted was to connect my moods …
All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most I shot.
Ian Mckellen – When we’d suggested doing it the Th…
When we’d suggested doing it the Theatre Royal management had said ‘Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.’ As it happened every single ticket was booked for every single performance and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.
Lily Rabe – Mark Conseulos is so amazing….
Mark Conseulos is so amazing.
Miranda Lambert – I’m married to my best friend!…
I’m married to my best friend!
Ang Lee – My father was the center of the family a…
My father was the center of the family and everyone tried to please him.
Jodi Picoult – I have several writer friends but I…
I have several writer friends but I don’t involve them in my work process. I’m more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.
Jack Nicklaus – Pete Dye introduced me to golf cou…
Pete Dye introduced me to golf course design back in the 1960’s. He came to my hometown Columbus Ohio to work on The Golf Club.
John M. McHugh – Throughout the history of our you…
Throughout the history of our young nation we have seen our military go bravely into battle armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Jerry Seinfeld – The first real thought that I had…
The first real thought that I had of something that I might do was to write for car magazines because I always had a car thing.
Agnetha Faltskog – It has always felt like a failu…
It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn’t keep our family together. You never get it back but to this day I don’t regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don’t want to go into!
Sarah McLachlan – I spent a lot of years on the ro…
I spent a lot of years on the road and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I’ve had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.
Dean Kamen – The city needs a car like a fish need…
The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.
Gustave Flaubert – The heart like the stomach want…
The heart like the stomach wants a varied diet.
Dave Chappelle – I’m cool with failing so long as …
I’m cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.
Denis Diderot – Although a man may wear fine cloth…
Although a man may wear fine clothing if he lives peacefully and is good self-possessed has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being he is a holy man.
John Bruton – European investment in Texas alone e…
European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.
Hillary Clinton – I don’t think we should be about…
I don’t think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.
Michael Behe – We are not inferring design to acco…
We are not inferring design to account for a black box but to account for an open box.
Anthony Hecht – A lot of the fun lies in trying to…
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
Millicent Fawcett – The assertion of failure comin…
The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings.
Hillary Clinton – On some campuses change is effec…
On some campuses change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.
Eduard Shevardnadze – But on second thought after …
But on second thought after I decreed the state of emergency I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.