Stephen Karam Quotes

I think 'Speech & Debate' surprised people because it's a play about teenagers that took the teenagers very seriously. They are very real. People wanted to see if they identified with one of the kids, that loneliness, that yearning for something bigger. That feeling of being stuck, it's very adolescent, but those kinds of feelings linger on.

Stephen Karam

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Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

Joe Slovo

SuitsLongYouSometimesChanges

Whatever comedian says he doesn't read comments, I never believe him, because we all have the same pathological problem to see what people think of us, and it sucks, because you try not to take it personally, and people are monsters and idiots.

Joe Mande

PeopleBelieveThinkProblemYou

When I'm nervous, I can't eat or sleep.

Andreja Pejic

SleepNervousEat

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.

John Marshall Harlan

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I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.

Stephen Cole Kleene

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I want to score more than 30 goals, but I would prefer to score 15 or 20 and get the Premier League or one big trophy.

Alvaro Morata

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I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a glory profession, and so is writing, in a way.

Mary Roach

FunPeopleWritingYouGloryWay

If one wants to go on living, one must evolve. Before, when we composed, we would start by a series of music themes. Once created, we would hire writers and lyricists to make up the text and the story line. I was the first to do this backwards with 'Man of La Mancha.'

Mitch Leigh

MusicManStartStoryGoLiving

I'm just a simple guy. I love being at my house with my family, I love playing dominos and card games and hunting and fishing. That's just what I like to do.

Jase Robertson

FamilyLoveSimpleFishingHouse

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

Jon McGregor

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Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.

Denis Leary

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Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a book. You do it over and over, always trying to be a little bit better. Then you die.

Chuck Palahniuk

LifeWritingBookBetterChurchDie

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