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Ronnie Corbett Quotes

I don't want to push barriers myself. You go to see Joan Rivers to see barriers being pushed. You watch 'Little Britain' to see barriers being pushed.

Ronnie Corbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: scottish
Birth: December 4, 1930

Topics

Myself Push You Go Want See

I have no problem with Brock Lesnar being a part-timer, because he's earned that spot. He's a multiple time champion in WWE, a former UFC Champion, NCAA amateur wrestling champion, so his accolades speak for themselves.

Jinder Mahal

Time Champion Speak Problem NCAA

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.

Stephen Leacock

Equal Anything Cannot Figure Which

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

Stan Wawrinka

Work Focus Mind Doing You Out

A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

Robert Trout

Technology Science Society Generation

I was a political science student.

Ruth B

Science Political Student

I had a very feminist mother who exposed me not only to Planned Parenthood - my first job - but also to Betty Friedan and Colette and Naomi Wolf.

Liz Goldwyn

Mother Job Me Wolf First Planned

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

Jay London

Funny Father Me Mood Playground Put

I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old.

Dinaw Mengestu

Book Old First Two Years Without

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge.

Deval Patrick

American Dream American You Dream Go

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.

Brian Koslow

Reputation Think You Said Way Own

When I was younger, I was diagnosed with dyslexia, which meant, for me, sitting in front of a book was really hard - until I discovered Harry Potter, and this character, this 11-year-old boy, who suddenly gets off to school for the first time, captured my imagination, and suddenly reading was fun. Reading was inspiring, and I was motivated.

Princess Beatrice of York

Character Time Imagination Fun Me

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.

Scott McCloud

Think Potential Nonfiction Been Much