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When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old. I had done… — Nick Offerman
Getting picked gives you half that confidence, or 50 per cent of it — Glenn Frank
If I wanted to be free, truly free, I had to choose. There were many points on the compass rose; I had to locate the… — Richard Bode
Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature… — Albert Einstein
And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the Soviet Union would… — John F. Kennedy
Lies are ants, the truth is the sun, and questions are a magnifying glass waiting to be picked up by the curious. — Craig Stone
I've heard it quoted that I was dead. You can't believe anything you read. That was just an off-hand remark somebody picked up, and now… — Tom Lehrer
I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, [but] I wouldn't consider myself the guy… — Billy Bob Thornton
Supposing we knew that up there is some alien civilization and it's sending radio signals our way we should not tell the public where that… — Paul Davies
When I was in the NFL, whenever I got cut from a team I would do paintings of the players, they would pay me $4,000… — Terry Crews
I've been actually really very pleased to see how much awareness was raised around bullying, and how deeply it affects everyone. You know, you don't… — Lady Gaga
I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do. — Stone Gossard
With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to me that I… — Miranda Cosgrove
Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did? — Ann Coulter
I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out. — Larry David
Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married! — Larry David
A few years back, when my style was 'punk grandma,' I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles.… — Beth Ditto
I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people. — Fred Durst
I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a couple years ago… — Fred Durst
I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my… — Fred Durst
I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think… — Clint Eastwood
We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't… — Jimmy Fallon
I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill… — Chris Farley
My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the… — Harvey Fierstein
I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on. — Nathan Fillion

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