Tom Lehrer Quotes

I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel.

Tom Lehrer

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PeopleMeWritingNightReadingUp

I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

Jim Lehrer

Journalist

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.

Maya Lin

ParentsCollegeMeWantAuthority

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Maya Angelou

GodBlessingDanceYourselfRainbow

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

Ambrose Bierce

JealousyJealousWorthLostOnly

There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school.

Amity Gaige

WorkTimeSchoolWritingMoreWrite

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Stendhal

FashionNothingObsoleteHideous

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.

Steven Wright

FunnyWritingBookNumbersDoneGot

I try not to live in the future too much; that can make you crazy as an actor. There are so many people who are obsessed about their career path, like it's something which you can control, which fundamentally you can't.

Romola Garai

FutureLivePathPeopleCrazyYou

I grew up with a lot of friends who are white, black, Muslim, non-Muslim. I like people a lot.

Mo Farah

PeopleBlackFriendsWhiteUpLike

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.

Lisa See

BeautyAgeWomanWinFeetNever

We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.

Juan Marichal

BestManWeddingOthersBest Man

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

Joseph Addison

PeopleAlwaysOwnExpectPrudent

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