Tom Shales Quotes

You know you're getting older when - well, first off, when you read almost any story that begins 'You know you're getting older when.' But you also know it when you not only never heard of the musical guest on a given 'Saturday Night Live' but never heard of the host, either.

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 3, 1948

Topics

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I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, 'Go to college, go to college, go to college.'

Mayim Bialik

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I'm constantly trying to mine the DNA of John Constantine and stay true to that character in the comic books.

Matt Ryan

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In film, I don't think I'd try directing. Maybe one day, but I'd certainly want to go to film school or something before I tried to do something like that. That would be quite scary.

Amelia Warner

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I think the reality is that, for me, real fur is extraordinarily old fashioned. I think you look old. Even if you're 20, and you've got a real fur coat, you just look like an old, unaware, unconscious being on the planet. It's not relevant, it's not sexy, it's not fashionable, and it's not cool.

Stella McCartney

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Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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British audiences are toughest on British films. So often, a British film is the last thing they want to see. If you please them, you really know you've made an impact.

Simon Beaufoy

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I don't apologize for looking after New Jersey's interests. That's an obligation that I'll always keep.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Jason Kidd

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I would like to think that monogamy works: that once you make that vow, that decision in your life to stay committed, you actually get to keep that promise; you get to keep that commitment. I think that once you start to lose that, once you start to wonder, even emotionally - especially emotionally - your relationship is bound to get lost.

Jonathan Silverman

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Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

Chris Evert

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You know how it is: you're a kid, and you see your parents do something, you tend not to want to follow that and do your own thing.

Brian Ortega

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What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyone's ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be.

Ashwin Sanghi

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