Robert Byrne Quotes

A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.

Robert Byrne

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Richard Julian was the one who told me to check out Cartola. Telling someone to check out Cartola is like telling someone to check out Tony Bennett, you know.

Jesse Harris

MeSomeoneYouKnowOutCheck

It's getting hard to keep up with all of the news from Washington - witch hunts, conspiracy theories and Republicans tearing each other apart over who is ideologically pure and who is apostate. It's a real set of carnival sideshows.

Andrew Rosenthal

NewsWashingtonHardRealOverPure

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding.

John Cleese

SmallThinkAmericaYouGoTry

Love is never wrong.

Melissa Etheridge

LoveLove IsWrongNever

After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

Anna Faris

LifeMeBabyMy LifeFindPlay

Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

Stephen Moyer

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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

Stephen R. George

WritingHorrorStartedNovel

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.

Roy Blount, Jr.

HumorBestPeopleRichThinkTeeth

I'm the only one in my family with an American accent.

Lola Kirke

FamilyAmericanOnlyAccent

Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

Judah Friedlander

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Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

Jason Gann

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It's possible to change.

Josh Gordon

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