“It is precisely, if paradoxically, because reversal is in the service of repetition (so as to ensure, alongside its companion strategies, a… — Janet Beizer Copy Share Image
“... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliche villains with a… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and… — Jake Weber Copy Share Image
There was something about being in the vicinity of Grahame Coats that always made Fat Charlie (a) speak in cliches and (b)… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about… — Geri Halliwell Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that you can go down the list and say, "Oh, these are cliches, we've seen this before,… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I just really like fun, cool, interesting, quirky girls. And sometimes you find that in 6'2 model bodies and sometimes they're short… — Dylan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When it comes to hitting solid drives, the secret is to swing within yourself. I know that sounds like a cliche, but… — Sergio Garcia Copy Share Image
What I love to tell young kids is ultimately let your dreams evolve around your opportunities. You have to focus on always… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
The question of good and evil will always be one of philosophy's most intriguing problems, up there with the problem of existence… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To paraphrase president Kennedy's inaugural, the torch has been passed to a new generation of cartoonists and they are doing really interesting… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I've become the quintessential L.A. person, to an embarrassingly cliched level. I'm like, 'Let's go for a hike and get a green… — Kelly Rohrbach Copy Share Image
With a lot of shows, what you'll see happen is they start off really well, and they're very original, but they become… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
Audiences are hungry for something different. With binge-watching, they're hungry for interesting content they haven't seen before, and they want to be… — Miles Millar Copy Share Image
Frankly, it's depressing, each night sleeping in someone else's home. I miss having a roof to my name. Our situation isn't an… — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
The worst thing I ever wore, really, was rubber pants, but I don't think that was a cliche. They were just way… — Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
The champions of militant Islam are, of course, misogynists, woman-haters; they are also misologists - haters of reason. Their armed doctrine is… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I'm not defending the Trump vote. I think they're making a bad choice. But I'm saying the bad choice isn't one out… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
On the one hand, rock is so predictable, but at the same time, the basic idea that an artist can cut through… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something… — Terrence Malick Copy Share Image
It's certainly a cliche to remark that a nonfiction book 'reads just like a novel,' but in the case of Jonathan Eig's… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“This is a familiar syndrome. There is a stage with every drawing or painting when it looks banal and clumsy. It's worth… — Antony Sher Copy Share Image
If you think of exercise as a 60-minute commitment 3 times a week at the gym, you're missing the point completely. If… — Brett Hoebel Copy Share Image
Desi, Desi, Desi what am I going to do with you? (Kyrian) Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me! (Desiderius)… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is,… — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
Raw, naked truth exchanged between the black man and the white man is what a whole lot more of is needed in… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
Writing is both bomb and bomb disposal-a necessary shattering of cliche and assumption, and a powerful defusing of the soul-destroying messages of… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
You know, rock n' roll's an old carcass: it's one big cliche. It's so difficult to do anything that has any sense… — Richard Ashcroft Copy Share Image
Avatar' is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but it's put together in a brand new way with… — Joe Dante Copy Share Image
Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext,… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The problem with clichés is not that they contain false ideas, but rather that they are superficial articulations of very good ones...If...we… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Playing the misunderstood character has been really interesting to me. But I think after too long, that also becomes a little bit… — Anne Dudek Copy Share Image
There is an old cliche, 'You can see the glass half empty, or you can see it half full.' You can focus… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
