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Jean Rostand Quotes

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

Jean Rostand

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: french
Birth: October 30, 1894 - September 4, 1977

Topics

Me End Mouth Well Cure Tried

I guess a show like 'Entourage' would be wish fulfillment, right? But 'Entourage' is wish fulfillment for men. It's that you can be kind of schlumpy-looking and have access to someone famous and find yourself at a pool party surrounded by girls in bikinis.

Jill Soloway

Be Kind Men Yourself Someone Wish

It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.

Jesse Williams

Life Woman Me Better Interesting

There is no safer place to put your money than in the middle of the U.S.

Andrew Young

Money Place Middle Your Than Put

My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside me, if there's a hole in there, I thought: If I could just write a good song someday, then I'd be OK. You know, if I could just be on stage in front of people I'd never seen before and be validated by them.

Trent Reznor

Life Good Goals Broken People Song

A lot of people will always say, 'I really know nothing about the ancient world.' But there's lots and lots of things people know. Partly, they've been encouraged to think they're ignorant about it. In some ways, the job to do is show people that they know much more than they'd like to admit.

Mary Beard

Job People World Think Admit Know

So many people view the war on drugs as a failure, as something that was perhaps intended and carried out with good intentions but very badly executed.

Denise Dresser

Failure Good War People View Out

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

Chen Guangcheng

Society Measure Civilization True

I don't like to be pigeon-holed.

Cliff Chiang

Like Pigeon-Holed

Maryland has a tradition of Democratic Party conservatism.

Bob Ehrlich

Tradition Party Democratic Maryland

I kinda liked ol' Shakespeare and them guys, you know. I went back and got my master's just in case. I thought, if I ever needed it, I'd have the sheepskin to show people no matter how dumb I looked, actually I was about half intelligent. I got the degree to let 'em know I wasn't as dumb as I acted.

Phil Robertson

People Thought You Back Dumb Know

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

Ryan Gosling

Feel You Important Mean Human Pay

I have five kids, and people can say 'nature versus nurture,' but it is nature! Nurture has so little to do with it. I have five kids, and there are five totally different people in my house.

Kenya Barris

Nature People House Say Little Kids