I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.
Joan Collins
Recitation: by Male by Female
I happen to have a giant ego, an admission that will not shock my close friends or critics. I am not uncomfortable in saying that because the ego of a man often gets great things done.
Joe Jamail
GreatManI AmSayingEgoFriends
If you have a good riff with a vocal as well, then it becomes a devastating song. That's why people love riff-rock: it's the ultimate air guitar music.
Joe Bonamassa
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I've been just unsuccessful enough not to have been given a big opportunity too soon.
Jeff Nichols
OpportunityEnoughBigBeenJust
I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.
Shimon Peres
GoodSportsHistorySchoolHappy
Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.
Tom Holland
AmazingPlaceAbsolutelyDublin
There is a tendency to presume autobiography in fiction by women or minorities. Guys named Jonathan write universal stories, while there's this sense that everyone else is just fictionalizing their own small experiences.
Rumaan Alam
WomenSmallWriteEveryoneOwnJust
I remember how beautiful the Merrimac looked to me in childhood, the first true river I ever knew; it opened upon my sight and wound its way through my heart like a dream realized; its harebells, its rocks, and its rapids, are far more fixed in my memory than anything about the sea.
Lucy Larcom
HeartSeaBeautifulChildhoodMemory
I think origin stories are a great way to get people reinvested in a story. I mean, we originally accepted 'Star Trek' without knowing anything about Kirk or Spock. All we needed to know was that it took place in the future.
Donald Faison
FutureGreatPeopleStoryThinkWay
My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.'
Dean Kamen
FatherScienceMoving OnMovingMad
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Anton Chekhov
YouLawyersDifferenceSameOnly
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
GreatStressThoughtChooseAbility
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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