Awards Quotes

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I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get… — Michael Palin
I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along… — Rick Perry
I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.' — Todd Phillips
I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out… — Karl Pilkington
I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything. — Karl Pilkington
Cameron Diaz was so cute at the MTV Movie Awards when she pulled her skirt up and wiped her armpits. — Unknown Author
The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay. — Harold Pinter
I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books… — Brad Pitt
It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards. — Robert Plant
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in… — Natalie Portman
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than… — Terry Pratchett
Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt. — Tony Randall
My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show… — Chris Rock
I have two Golden Boot awards at home. It would be nice to win another, but I wouldn't mind it if I didn't. — Cristiano Ronaldo
I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at… — Gavin Rossdale
Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your… — Barry Sanders
Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered. — David Sedaris
When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy,… — Amartya Sen
Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially… — Gail Sheehy
Most of an award-show host's job is showing up and keeping a cool head and soldiering through it, whether it's the Oscars or the Hallmark… — Rob Sheffield

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