Tom Perrotta Quotes

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

Tom Perrotta

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Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Joey Adams

FoolDatingKissYouNever

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first.

Joel Coen

StarsPeopleUnknownFirstCageBig

I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me.

Mia Wasikowska

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You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

Steve Zahn

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There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.

Mo Ibrahim

LeadershipFaceCrisisAfricaMust

My actual biggest claim to fame is that - basically, this sounds awful and really pretentious - but my Twitter is verified. And if you're already verified on Twitter, then your Vine is automatically verified.

Miles Heizer

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I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in theatres and be on video. Everyone was really psyched about it. Everyone in my little town of hounds started to call me movie star.

Jason Mewes

MeMomEveryoneLittleStarStarted

I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is.

Chuck Palahniuk

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It's a terrific honor. To be associated with the number of people who represent the Cradle of Coaches, it's sort of unreal in a sense.

Ara Parseghian

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I've always been interested in a femininity with a bite. I always think a little bit of a kick is great.

Prabal Gurung

GreatThinkAlwaysLittleFemininity

Heading to Paris when I was 17 and modelling exposed me to high fashion, which influenced me to dress on-trend - not extravagantly, but always in fashion.

Suzy Amis

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My dad was a fiercely funny guy, and he and his brother would get on runs. So my younger brother and I were basically mimicking them when we started goofing off.

Ty Burrell

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