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6185 quotes by 4354 authors

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and… — James Brown
Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did. — Rita Mae Brown
Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist. — Rita Mae Brown
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced… — Dave Brubeck
The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only… — Lenny Bruce
A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you… — Lenny Bruce
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to… — Bill Bryson
In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the… — Steve Albini
Every single second of every single day... I don't know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I'm… — Sandra Bullock
I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get… — Gisele Bundchen
When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio? — Julie Burchill
As a precocious teen I dreamed of being Graham Greene. Well, as it turned out, I never wrote a great novel, sadly, and I never… — Julie Burchill
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever. — Madeleine Albright
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. — Edmund Burke
I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to… — Madeleine Albright
One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to… — Madeleine Albright
Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up. — Carol Burnett
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did. — John Burroughs
Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. — John Burroughs
I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person. — Tim Burton

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