Actually Quotes
9025 quotes by 5462 authors
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The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know,…
— Unknown Author
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It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
— Edward de Bono
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
— Edward de Bono
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My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to…
— Elayne Boosler
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I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.
— Alain de Botton
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In college, I think I probably positioned myself as an aspiring writer, meaning I dressed sort of extravagantly and adopted all the semi-Byronic affectations, as…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Those places I don't understand, just doing bad food. It takes some doing. Making good pasta is so much easier than making bad stuff. It…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of…
— David Bowie
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Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth.
— Christina Aguilera
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I've actually thought very little about solo work up until just very recently. Most of it is because in my band, Incubus, it is very…
— Brandon Boyd
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I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout…
— Christina Aguilera
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I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which…
— Jo Brand
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It's actually very hard when you're settled in one place to completely uproot yourself and go.
— Jo Brand
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No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.
— Jo Brand
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The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.
— Jo Brand
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I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish…
— Jo Brand
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I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be…
— Jo Brand
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I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so…
— Jo Brand
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I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment. You shouldn't; you should be…
— Jo Brand
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I've never, ever had people being aggressive to me in public or abusing me, and actually quite a lot of men do say to me,…
— Jo Brand
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