I really want to be known for my work. That sounds like such a... cliche, and I've thought about how else I… — Delroy Lindo Copy Share Image
There was nothing that I ever did, no conscious effort to do one kind of behavior or another, I can't explain what… — Larry Coryell Copy Share Image
Ever since ROME, OPEN CITY, I have maintained a conscious, determined endeavor to try to understand the world in which I live,… — Roberto Rossellini Copy Share Image
I remember being in college knowing I didn't want to go anymore. I wanted to try and become an actor. There is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Honestly, you got to take care of the people that take care of you. I know that sounds like cliche, or borderline… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
This grossly advertised wonder [Venice], this gold idol with clay feet, this trompe-l'oeil, this painted deception, this cliche-what intelligent iconoclast could fail… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
The information glut has become a ruling cliche. As all resources - from energy to information - become more abundant, the presure… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
A popular cliche in philosophy says that science is pure analysis or reductionism, like taking the rainbow to pieces; and art is… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you've got to be careful and watch out.… — Adrian Hodges Copy Share Image
The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation… — Mihai Nadin Copy Share Image
…my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
It's almost a cliche that great Silicon Valley entrepreneurs don't go sit on a beach when they make a lot of money;… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
There is this cliche of, "Oh, your professional life is fine, but your romantic life isn't." But, that's also really true of… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with… — Hiam Abbass Copy Share Image
You always want to break away from your parents, and you always think, 'I'm never going to be like that guy.' What… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
In high school, theater was all I ever wanted to do. I didnt see that I was going to set it aside… — Mare Winningham Copy Share Image
The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you… — Adrian Lyne Copy Share Image
I think we roll our eyes at older men with younger women and go, 'Oh, he's going through a midlife crisis and… — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I've often felt unattractive or different looking. As I've grown up, I've felt more comfortable in my own skin. It may sound… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I know it's cliche to say, 'When you do something you love you never work a day in your life.' But it… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
First things first has always been my motto, mostly because it makes absolutely no sense - after all, if first things were… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true.… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
I write as clearly as I am able to. I sometimes tackle ideas and notions that are relatively complex, and it is… — R. A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
It's a cliche, but John Lennon is my hero. He was so rebellious, so outspoken and so publicly opinionated, and I'm someone… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, I have found peace because I have always been dissatisfied. My moments of depression and despair turn out to be renewals,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
America had, for one thing, lived in anarchy for - until much more recently than Europe. We had the Wild West, where… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I want to be happy. I realized that being happy isn't necessarily about getting there, it's how you get there. It almost… — Ben Huh Copy Share Image
For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's kind of weird, it's such an age old cliche,… — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
Here was the astounding fact: the race did go forward; the race did achieve; and in every way the race grew better.… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Someone gave me Roman Candle from Cavity Search when it came out. I was just starting to do A&R in the record… — Luke Wood Copy Share Image
To avoid sounding like a cliche, I won't say I want to get proposed to in Paris, but Paris. I want it… — Betty Who Copy Share Image
“You make me love books and the words inside them, because they talk about you. I know they do, they tell me… — Nema Al-Araby Copy Share Image
“So many options that they're almost overwhelming. Which is why it is sometimes so easy to grab the cliche, to reach out… — Jenny Hubbard Copy Share Image
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