Joanna Scott Quotes

I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his essays and reviews, and it's enacted in his fiction in a mishmash of dizzying incongruities.

Joanna Scott

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ThinkHimConfusionFictionBeing

I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years.

Andrew Dominik

ThinkHumanYearsHuman Beings

I have two choices: Sit at home and feel sorry for myself, or make lemonade out of lemons.

Stormy Daniels

HomeMyselfSorryChoicesFeelOut

Watching boxer Dingko Singh's performance at the Asian Games, Bangkok, where he won gold, was the defining moment. I was 15 and enjoyed sports more than anything else. Singh's performance changed my life and inspired me to follow boxing.

Mary Kom

LifeSportsMomentMeGoldMy Life

I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two hours.

Michael McKean

PeopleKnowWillOysterBarEat

Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.

Louise Mensch

WritingYouSeriousBreakLawsOnce

I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.

LL Cool J

FlyingInsuranceWantMy OwnOut

The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian.

Donna Lynne Champlin

MeDoingStuffComedianThing

I'm obsessed with golf, so I love going to play golf.

Chris Lane

LoveGolfPlayGoingObsessed

When I grew up in Tasmania, you thought that London was home. You waited to go to England as soon as you graduated, in my case on a ship bound for London via Genoa.

Christopher Koch

HomeThoughtShipYouGoLondon

I have no problems with failures, I'm afraid of failing within myself. At times when I know I did something wrong, I don't sleep that night. I'm scared of facing myself.

Anushka Shetty

MyselfSleepNightProblemsWrong

You can ask me anything you want; I'm very opinionated... except about my private life. I don't want to talk about that.

Wissam Al Mana

LifeMeYouWantTalkPrivate Life

I really like the Caribbean. Anyplace in the Caribbean. I get there, and I feel like a monkey - the perfect state.

Penelope Cruz

FeelPerfectMonkeyCaribbeanGet

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