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Jessamyn West Quotes

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

Humor Appreciate Sense Of Humor More

Big Brother makes a game where it's competitive, not just a handicap match. Mentally, physically, strategically, emotionally, it's an even match. When you compete 100%, it's a real competition.

Metta World Peace

Competition Brother Game You Real

People sometimes forget all the films that we've done. They remember the likes of 'Malcolm X' and 'Do the Right Thing.' But I've been working since 1986. From the beginning, I was determined to not just be a flash in the pan. I've got to keep up with Woody Allen. He's lapping me.

Beginning Do The Right Thing People

Oh, I can't sleep, whatever - it's a huge problem. The comedian's thing is you self-medicate with alcohol and knock yourself out - but obviously, that's not a long-term strategy.

Yourself Sleep Alcohol Strategy You

Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.

Science Problem Sex True Personal

I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We have to transition away from fossil fuels very, very quickly.

World Energy Think Transition Middle

Acting is something I always wanted to do and knew I could do.

Acting Always Something Knew Wanted

So here we are, just two months away from the election, with more and more examples that modern day Jim Crowe laws are alive and well in the state of Florida.

Day Election Alive More Two Florida

I was excited 'Maxim' wanted me to be in Expert Fitness.

Fitness Me Expert Excited Maxim

We can pay teachers a hundred thousand dollars a year, and we'll do nothing to improve our schools as long as we keep the A, B, C, D, F grading system.

William Glasser

Year Long Nothing Teachers Pay Keep

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.

Phylicia Rashad

Doing You Acting Nose Truthful Jobs

Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to the rest of India and the world by showing how the entire region can be transformed into a zone of peace, stability and prosperity.

Pranab Mukherjee

Future Peace World Building Rest

There are no great jazz-fusion bands.

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