Robert Mankoff Quotes

Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes.

Robert Mankoff

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LifeFruitShortChangesStudying

I do always like to do things I haven't done before, so I'm always looking out for things in a different genre, or a different sort of character.

Jim Broadbent

CharacterLookingDoneAlwaysOut

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.

Jerry Reinsdorf

GoodBusinessSportsYouGoWant

Everyone's journey is completely different.

Jeremy Piven

JourneyEveryoneDifferent

Many witnesses to the shooting of Michael Brown made statements inconsistent with other statements they made and also conflicted with the physical evidence. Some were completely refuted by the physical evidence.

Robert P. McCulloch

EvidenceShootingBrownMadeSome

I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative device, a phenomenon that would allow me to draw in a lot of different players. I was like, 'Shoot, eviction does that.'

Matthew Desmond

MeLookingBookPovertyPoorWrite

I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would be relatively sunny, no matter what happened. I have never allowed myself to be bitter.

Angela Merkel

LifePathMyselfMatterNeverSunny

In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.

Steven Pinker

MoreLimitationsMayAcknowledging

A good vacation for me is going to warm weather. Being able to go outside, in the sun, hit the beach, play outside sports. Being active outside. Going swimming, hanging by the pool, having a couple drinks, having a couple of your close buddies around, and just having a blast.

Rob Gronkowski

GoodSportsBeachVacationSunMe

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

Chris Rock

MeBetterDoingPlayActorHere

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality.

Brittany Bowe

CityMeRealityLakeDreamSalt

Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.

Anthony Mackie

TimeMadHammerSomethingGetGrab

Let us see whether it is the New Order or me who will be the loser before Indonesian history. I have won. The New Order has fallen and my writings have been translated into 40 languages.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

HistoryMeLoserNewWillSee

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