Matt Groening Quotes

I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody felt sorry for me. 'Oh, Matt's a cartoonist.' Then people further feeling sorry for me would ask me to draw Garfield. Because I'm a cartoonist, draw Snoopy or Garfield or something.

Matt Groening

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I am normal. In fact, I think I might be more normal than anyone else.

Jim McMahon

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By the time I wrote 'Any Given Sunday' or 'Bats,' I sort of knew what my job was in terms of what a writer of dialogue does.

John Logan

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I love the name 'Stella McCartney.' It's a beautiful name the way it rolls off the tongue. A couple of years ago, I wrote a cello concerto and used that as the basis for the rhythmic and melodic structure of the main motif of the cello part.

Michael Bacon

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Democracy is dead in the Maldives.

Amal Clooney

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It wasn't easy navigating publicity when I started, because I grew up with 'being famous,' and I'm just not into it, and I guess defensiveness gets read into that. And I didn't get an easy ride at the beginning.

Stella McCartney

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In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn't happening anymore.

Rush Limbaugh

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As attorney general, I have a duty to defend the laws and constitution of the State of Missouri.

Josh Hawley

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'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?

Dev Patel

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A villain can be stylish, and his actions don't have to be explained. Heroes are boring in comparison, even anti-heroes, as there's always a justification for their bad actions.

Dhanush

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New York is hard for me. I grew up in Texas. I can't do without my car, and you can't have a car in New York.

Deanna Dunagan

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I have been on the receiving end of many blessings in my life, few as great as having known George and Barbara Bush.

Christopher Buckley

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You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

Chris Tucker

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