Jeff Lindsay Quotes

Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'

Jeff Lindsay

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We'll go on vacation, but we don't really care to go see Rome or anything. We just want to play dominoes. We like the fact that we can say, 'Oh, we went to Rome.' 'Well, what'd you do in Rome?' 'Played dominoes'.

Jimmy Butler

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I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

Joan Collins

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I'm a physical actor in that I start with a physical sketch of the character. I find it easier to find inspiration from the outside in. If I find the character's tensions and the way he carries himself or looks, that's going to affect how I talk. So that's how I start to create that person.

Joel Kinnaman

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If I am looking to impress people, I'll be in a Rent the Runway dress and great accessories.

Jennifer Hyman

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Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

Anatoly Karpov

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Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

John Henrik Clarke

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Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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This movement that RuPaul has created and World of Wonder and Logo has allowed to be aired, it's so much than just gay men carrying on in high heels and wigs and fake fingernails. It's truly a story of courageous souls. And I'm grateful that I'm a part of this.

Alyssa Edwards

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As everyone knows, tips constitute the bulk of a waiter's or waitress's income. But they are also optional, at least in theory. Does it really seem like a good idea to make someone's salary so susceptible to customers' whims on a given day - or whether any customers happen to show up at all?

Stephen J. Dubner

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One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

Desi Arnaz

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I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read.

Suzanne Farrell

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I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that.

Paula Pell

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