Simon Schama Quotes

My mother was an awful cook, an exceptionally awful kosher cook, but I stayed kosher until I got to college, even though I'd long stopped believing in God.

Simon Schama

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MotherGodCollegeLongBelieving

I've always been that person who's struggled to find a swimsuit that I love.

Jessie James Decker

LoveFindPersonAlwaysBeenI Love

Texas is where I found my musical self.

Jerry Jeff Walker

TexasSelfWhereFoundMusical

In the broad and sweeping sense which the use of the term generally implies, I am not a free-trader.

John Griffin Carlisle

I AmSenseUseWhichBroadAm

My husband is actually Italian-American, and he thought I was Italian when he first met me.

Andrea Navedo

MeHusbandThoughtFirstItalianHe

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Jean de La Fontaine

BeastSkinBearNeverSellBefore

Sports and fashion move so fast that I can't possibly keep my ear to the ground. For one thing, my ear trumpet gets in the way.

Steve Rushin

SportsFashionFastWayGroundMove

If we in fact were to begin enforcing the law against people who are hiring people who are here illegally, we would go a long way towards eliminating the problem.

Tom Tancredo

PeopleLawProblemLongGoWay

I seem to be failing in my intention to be as boring as I possibly can be for self-protection.

Tom Stoppard

IntentionBoringSeemFailing

The media needs to do some soul searching on itself and ask why they continue to spread provably false stories, and stop projecting their own dishonesty onto others.

Mike Cernovich

SoulMediaStopWhyDishonestyAsk

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know that fundamental changes are needed in the way Washington spends and taxes if we truly want a healthy economy. This must include changing our government's long-term fiscal path, which is unsustainable.

Mick Mulvaney

PathGovernmentBelieveProblemKnow

Since I came at 'Godot' from a God-based frame of mind, it didn't strike me as absurdist. It struck me as characters waiting for proof of God's existence.

Michael Schultz

GodWaitingMindMeStrikeFrame

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience.

Joss Whedon

StoryThinkDecisionsYouTelevision

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