Michael Dirda Quotes

For those of us with an inward turn of mind, which is another name for melancholy introspection, the beginning of a new year inevitably leads to thoughts about both the future and the past.

Michael Dirda

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FutureBeginningPastMindThoughts

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

John Dryden

FirstUsHabitsMakeOurThen

When everybody goes into their separate corners, it's just real easy to demonize the other side instead of saying, 'Okay, how can we come together and figure out how to get done what's important for the country?'

Steve Scalise

TogetherSayingEasyCountryDone

We need a peaceful, modern Cambodia. We need to achieve that. It's not easy.

Rithy Panh

EasyPeacefulAchieveNeedModern

I'm a character and a sports entertainer and a wrestler, but I'm also a father and a husband and a provider.

Roman Reigns

FatherCharacterSportsHusbandAlso

I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

Moe Howard

MeLookingStandSomeoneKnowing

Film is not as exhilarating, not as physically, mentally, or spiritually challenging, as theatre.

Joseph Fiennes

TheatreFilmSpirituallyMentally

I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.

Donna Leon

LunchGoKnowNeverSomethingGoing

I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to brunch with either my friends or my girlfriend. I then like to just chill out: read the papers, read some scripts and then take it very easy. If it's sunny, I go for a walk with my dog, Niles, in the countryside.

Douglas Booth

DogWalkNightWake UpChillLate

Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.

David Suzuki

LiveMoneyEnergyPrioritiesMeeting

Comedians are on the road so much that when they're just getting to act and sit in one place, they're really grateful and just ready.

Courtney A. Kemp

GratefulRoadReadyPlaceActSit

I've never gone to a bachelor party, where I didn't, no matter how much I loved the people there, hate them so much for their disgusting behavior.

Brett Gelman

HatePeopleLovedBehaviorParty

Art really is something very difficult. It is difficult to make, and it is sometimes difficult for the viewer to understand. It is difficult to work out what is art and what is not art.

Anselm Kiefer

WorkArtSometimesUnderstandOut

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