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“I leaned my head back and closed my eyes, my mind a jumble. So much for breaking it off gently, I thought.… — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
Think about that. Two hundred and eighty-five new or expanded programs, $2 trillion more in new spending, and not one new bureaucrat… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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“Lucien, women are wondrous, mysterious, and magical creatures, who should be treated not only with respect but with reverence, perhaps even awe.… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
“Last week my boss told me to rewrite a twenty-page proposal on engagement benchmarking. I turned it in and he wrote a… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
“[19:29] JOHANSSEN: When we pick you up, I will make wild, passionate love to you. Prepare your body. [19:29] JOHANSSEN: I didn’t… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
“I could totally be a . . . whatever.” “Sailor?” “On a boat?” “Yep.” “Yeah.” He’ll sigh all wistfully. “I could be… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“I just do what I'm told. If I felt like talking, I would explain that she couldn't pay me enough to play… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Comedy is very important, yes. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“She doesn't approve of either sentimentality or graveyard humor at crime scenes. She says they waste time that should be spent working… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“I said, “ I’m sorry , sir , but we don’t speak Swedish .” “Well, of course you don’t. Neither do I… — John Green Copy Share Image
There are some die-hard 'Chelsea Lately' fans, and that's where the majority of my fans come from. Chelsea is really helping make… — Natasha Leggero Copy Share Image
“On my first day of kindergarten: "You thought it was hard? If kindergarten is busting your ass, I got some bad news… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
English humor is hard to appreciate, though, unless you are trained to it. The English papers, in reporting my speeches, always put… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Mary-Lynnette: "You have not read 'Pride and Prejudice'." Ash: "Why not?" Mary-Lynnette: "Because Jane Austen was a human." Ash: "How do you… — L. J. Smith Copy Share Image
By TV standards - I'm not comparing it to manual labor by any means - by TV comedy standards, it is the… — Billy Eichner Copy Share Image
Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
“...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity… — Janvier Chando Copy Share Image
There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
There are shows that are doing incredible work on broadcast, especially in comedy. You have to hit that sweet spot of being… — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, I did a play called 'Jumpy' on the West End before I did 'Divergent,' and there was an essence of… — Ben Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
“That Grace looked annoyed at me. "I didn't say you would go to jail, Junie B.," she said. "I just wish you… — Barbara Park Copy Share Image
But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
“Don’t do that.” “Don’t do what?” “Sneak around.” “Do you mean walk around? Because that’s what I actually did. I usually crouch… — G.A. Aiken Copy Share Image
“For a moment, my eyes shift focus to the glass wall beside her and I see my reflection. There stands Dominic Smith,… — Simon Cheshire Copy Share Image
The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only… — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
The fundamental truth guiding social justice comedy is that people are not shitty. That sounds cheesy, but that's how I have to… — Negin Farsad Copy Share Image
“I'm working! What are you doing? Besides being... Being what? Wait a minute... Sarcastic? Unfeeling? British? It's an animal. Where? No, the… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It doesn't take much to produce a good merchant of cash-and-carry love: just courage, an infinite capacity for perpetual suspicion, stamina on… — Sally Stanford Copy Share Image
“I spend the rest of the night doing schoolwork. After striking a match and lighting a candal, I sit down at my… — Fanny Merkin Copy Share Image
“Helen and Buster got down and started praying with Mom, but I just stood there looking at them. The way I saw… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. Guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
More and more, people probably associate me in this world of comedy and these confident, brassy, big ladies, which I love, but… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image