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I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's… — Nathan Fillion
I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank… — M.F.K. Fisher
Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar. — Kirk Hammett
If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado that you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on. — Tom Hiddleston
Nobody likes to be picked on. Nobody. — Whitney Houston
I don't really count myself as a very sophisticated businessperson. I'm a creative artist. All I know from business I've picked up along the way. — Mick Jagger
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. — Douglas William Jerrold
When I came back to it, we amicably separated from Warner Bros. I just picked up where I left off, trying to write the rest… — Joan Jett
I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it was… — Rashida Jones
I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune… — Alphonse Karr
There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It… — Maynard James Keenan
Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught… — John F. Kennedy
When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I… — Jason Kidd
My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family… — Val Kilmer
There are popular celebrities, there are unpopular celebrities and then there are the walking dead. You know the walking dead when you see them: they… — Jeffrey Kluger
It's not just buying the company. Sure, we picked the right companies, and we picked the right management and, most importantly, we've given them the… — Henry Kravis
Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship. — Charles Kuralt
Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever… — David LaChapelle
I picked up an issue of Cosmopolitan the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, 'I need to get better… — Jennifer Lawrence
The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film. — Denis Leary
I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap. — George R. R. Martin
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. — Groucho Marx
I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence. — Sarah McLachlan
You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure. — Sienna Miller
Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks of Wisconsin. He must have… — Gwen Moore

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