Tom Shales Quotes

People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet as they do for their own home towns.

Tom Shales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you.

Andre Benjamin

SuccessBalanceYouNobodyJust

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does.

John Hickenlooper

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I'm not a religious person.

Maurice Sendak

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Everyone knows I get off the floor, and I fight until the finish.

Tony Bellew

FightFinishEveryoneFloorGetOff

I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party.

Donna Brazile

I AmPartyMy OwnAshamedOwnSome

That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?

Chris Elliott

MorningMeLookingNowThreeBoy

There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going.

Cheryl Ladd

FamilyFatherMotherChildrenBest

It takes longevity to earn respect.

Chris Zylka

RespectLongevityEarnTakes

Years ago, I worked in a newspaper office, and there were men that would have fits of temper, and it was just accepted that that's who they were, and everyone would laugh about it, but if a woman got upset or angry, something wasn't right: she was 'hysterical' or 'a little unhinged.' It didn't have the same sort of connotation at all.

Claire Messud

MenWomanAngryLaughUpsetOffice

The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.

Arundhati Roy

FightImpossibleFightingAmerica

I think it's always interesting when you see a company start moving so quickly - it's like wow, incredible. When a company like Uber starts breaking away, it's not a linear thing. It's exponential. All of a sudden, the guy you know who threw $25,000 at Uber very early on - all the sudden, that $25,000 is $25 million.

Tyler Winklevoss

MovingStartThinkInterestingYou

When I lived in Louisiana, 'Django Unchained' was shot at my neighbor's house. They shot a Sly Stallone movie in my gym.

Ryan Holiday

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