We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.
Robert Benchley
Recitation: by Male by Female
It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.
Andrew McCarthy
MeYearsMakeEmbarrassingMovie
I try not to give advice unless people ask me.
Maye Musk
PeopleMeAdviceTryAskGive
It's ironic that early on in the war with Afghanistan, the Americans and the British were saying, 'We recognise there must be a Palestinian state,' then they rapidly forgot about it. I think history will show that that kind of amnesia will come back to haunt you.
Tom Paulin
HistoryWarSayingThinkYouEarly
There is a sense in which we have - like, I go in to teach a class; I may be somewhat different than I would be talking to you, although it's related because it's public. I'm very different with my roommate or my lover or my cats. But I don't know if that means you're acting, really, if you're being truthful.
Mary Gaitskill
CatsTalkingYouActingGoKnow
The Five Points was the toughest street corner in the world. That's how it was known. In fact, Charles Dickens visited it in the 1850s and he said it was worse than anything he'd seen in the East End of London.
Martin Scorsese
WorldEndSaidStreetLondonCorner
When I was a kid, there was no distinction between a movie about old people or young people. It was either funny or not. It was either entertaining or not. It was either exciting or not. It was either thrilling or not.
Joseph Bologna
FunnyPeopleYoungOld PeopleKid
It would take me three or four lifetimes to do everything I want. I'm a Brooklyn boy who learned to hustle, and I have to do something every day or I get the guilties.
Wolfman Jack
DayMeEvery DayHustleBrooklyn
I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird, because this was a long time ago, and no one I knew ever wore dress shirts, let alone neckties; it was like he was a grown-up reenacter or something.
Susan Orlean
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I joined the PQ in the 1970s because of the issue of sovereignty. And that's why I wake up in the morning. A woman who gives birth to a country, that would be interesting.
Pauline Marois
MorningWomanWake UpInterestingUp
I wanna stay an eternal girlfriend. I want to have my boyfriend's children, but I don't think we need a piece of paper to regulate the game, and we don't have to go through the whole stress of a wedding and suffering to throw a good party.
Shakira
GoodChildrenStressSufferingGame
The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live.
Sean O'Casey
LifeLiveManWiseLearnGay
Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.
Kyle MacLachlan
WorkPrettyBecauseAdaptableMost
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