I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
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I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
We struck an unusual deal. I'll get to leave CNN with my catalog and documentaries. We were able to create a brand… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
Meeting everyone you wanted to know in the small surf industry, I saw how the surf trade was made up of characters… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
I love chicken. I love chicken products: fried chicken, roasted chicken, chicken nuggets - whatever. And going to Japan, I would see… — David Chang Copy Share Image
None of those jobs were high-profile, but once I was on ET, people then began to associate me with that show. So,… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
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The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
In '92, I got my first Broadway show as a performer - 'Crazy for You.' I was in the ensemble. In fact,… — Casey Nicholaw Copy Share Image
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From 1983 to 2000, William Goren stole more than $30 million from investors on Long Island and in Queens. His favorite targets… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
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In 2007 and 2008, the first two Danish ships were hijacked. I started to research it. I've had the idea of writing… — Tobias Lindholm Copy Share Image
Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or… — Stephen J. Cannell Copy Share Image
Cars let us out of the barn and, while they were at it, destroyed the American nuclear family. As anyone who has… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My parents were always supportive of me in terms of expressing myself artistically. Art, musical instruments, singing - whatever I did, they… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
The different parts of my career seemed to take part in different rooms, albeit in the same house. It was just the… — Richard Rodney Bennett Copy Share Image
I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME and did picture it when I was writing 'Cum Laude.' So many of the… — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
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Our dad hugged us and kissed us so much that some friends and relatives complained that he was going to turn us… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
While starving refugees in Homs were providing target practice for government snipers, Bashar al-Assad's strongest international backer was in Sochi, at the… — George Packer Copy Share Image
The music of ABBA is not that happy. It might sound happy, in some strange way, but deep within, it's not happy… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because… — Johnny Rivers Copy Share Image
After a month or so in St. Louis, we were looking around desperately for a way to draw a few people into… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough… — Charles Guggenheim Copy Share Image
'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
If you are going to describe the history of animation, you'd look at the early Disney work, then 'Bugs Bunny,' 'Road Runner'… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I really feel fortunate to have been around then because there have been good and bad years in rock but the best… — Robert Quine Copy Share Image
Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
We did get to keep a few choice items. I kept a few pairs of slacks and power suits that stood out.… — Lark Voorhies Copy Share Image
The thing that got me closest to doing Kermit was remembering what Jim did when he was doing Kermit. When he would… — Steve Whitmire Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a film about my dad, a sort of love letter, and explain what I understood of his cinema,… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Back in the 1500s, the culture that we had built in the West embraced multigenerational projects quite easily. Notre Dame. Massive cathedrals… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
I was always self-conscious about the fact that I didn't have as much comedy experience as other people at 'SNL,' and I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
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Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant… — Marcel Dionne Copy Share Image
