Roz Chast Quotes

One way of paying tribute to my parents was 'bearing witness' as the Quakers do - writing down everything that was happening instead of turning my back on it and pretending that it was all great.

Roz Chast

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I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

Joe Scarborough

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Don't buy the bootlegs, save your stuff, everything's coming back out.

Jerry Only

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It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I don't read a lot of books that were published after 1755. One thing about having friends in New York who belong to the literary world, however, is that I have a steady stream of books coming to the house.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

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I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to!

Jean Dujardin

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To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Ronald Blythe

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I can't imagine writing something that didn't address Jewish themes and questions. It's such a big part of my life, a lot of the way in which I experience the world.

Molly Antopol

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I've had insomnia since I was a little kid and I never sleep well. Sometimes I sleep very badly and sometimes I sleep slightly badly. I get it especially when I'm on tour because you cross a lot of time zones, and I'm not very adaptable.

Moby

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I come from big families. My momma was the oldest of three and my daddy was one of six - and I've always loved children. They bring a lot of joy to the world and they make us adults look at things in a better way.

Josh Turner

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I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

Jason Wu

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We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script.

David Selby

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It's funny how when your kids get sick, they get even cuter when they have a stuffed nose and they mouth breathe.

David Walton

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