Jesmyn Ward Quotes

I'm always curious about other writers' routines.

Jesmyn Ward

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Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

John C. Reilly

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I'm a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada.

Robert J. Sawyer

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There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene.

Amal Clooney

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I listen to the phone-ins on the way home and I know how the fans feel.

Steven Gerrard

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I've done, like, 45 movies, played 40 gangsters and five crooked cops.

Tony Sirico

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Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.

Mary Pope Osborne

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How long you can continue to be good at something is how much you believe in yourself and how much hard work you do with the training.

Jason Statham

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There is a wall of myth around royals and A-list celebrities, and that makes us wonder what they are really like. We see them on magazine covers so often that we think we know them intimately, and we want to learn more. I like to burst that bubble a little.

Alison Jackson

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I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.

Wynton Marsalis

MusicNew YorkPeopleGenerationNew

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.

Sylvester Stallone

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Here, in low earth orbit, we're going around the earth, so we can actually use an Internet protocol phone because we have the appropriate satellites that can get those bandwidths.

Peggy Whitson

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Boredom is rage spread thin.

Paul Tillich

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