Tom Waits Quotes

If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don't stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you'll never see it again.

Tom Waits

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I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.

Jewel

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I find myself to be quite sarcastic, and I wouldn't want to be with someone who didn't get that.

Andreja Pejic

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In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus is on the common goal of the team to win. This is part of what resonates with people about baseball. This is how they would like society to work.

Jed S. Rakoff

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I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I've always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.

Stephen Daldry

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I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

Sting

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I have hardly any friends who aren't gay.

Tracey Emin

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A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too, because they seem so forced.

Tracey Ullman

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For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that is maybe suppressed in most work environments.

Tony Hsieh

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I didn't want to commit to a TV show.

Robin Wright

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When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

Michel Houellebecq

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Since the beginning of time, we have expected our leaders to be supermen, unlike mere mortals. We want them to be much greater than us so that we can look up to them.

Jonathan Powell

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Many athletes are seeking new and novel ways of pushing their limits, and the challenge of running back-to-back races is certainly one way to test the boundaries.

Dean Karnazes

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