John Burnham Schwartz Quotes

In Japan, more than in any other country I've ever been in, one is not supposed to write about the people in the glass bubble; that is why they are in the glass bubble.

John Burnham Schwartz

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It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing.

Jimmy Carr

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In the media, I always seemed to come across as someone who was poking fun at the Scots and their football. I guess the Scottish public needed someone to blame for their international defeats, and I fitted the bill perfectly.

Jimmy Hill

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I'm not a bad mimic, and I can pick up speech cadences that I would not pick up if I didn't hit the road.

John Gregory Dunne

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I'm in Delta Delta Delta, otherwise known as Tri-Delta. I've developed some great friendships, and it's enabled me to have a little bit more of a normal college experience.

Meryl Davis

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We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.

Roy Jenkins

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Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools.

Mike Huckabee

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An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

Michel de Montaigne

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A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.

Josh Gondelman

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Old age is a wonderful time of life. At least, that's what everyone tells you. But let me tell you: it is not true. What's true is that your hips, knees and ankles gradually give up on you - everything is quite dreadful, really. And it was a terrible thing to have told us because we believed it.

Debbie Reynolds

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A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television.

Chris March

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I've done a lot of things away from my homeland.

Compay Segundo

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