Roseanne Barr Quotes

I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.

Roseanne Barr

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LifeArtThinkLovedMy LifeComedy

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

Jo Beverley

HistoryYearsChildbirthInterest

I saw people get fired after their eviction. But when I found that if you get evicted, your chances of losing your job increase by 20 percent, that's when it really hit home for me.

Matthew Desmond

HomeJobLosingPeopleMeYou

A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.

Anna Howard Shaw

WomenMenValueMeWorldGentleman

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up.

Jeff Goodell

Never Give UpPowerPeopleEnergy

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about.

Stephen Greenblatt

LoveTruthBrokenBelieveCareWay

The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.

Mary Webb

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People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything.

Lisa Marie Presley

LifeTimePeopleMeControlWeird

Being an Australian that's been No. 1 in the world back home playing in Australia, that's a pretty cool moment to have.

Jason Day

HomeMomentCoolWorldBackPretty

We must form public-private partnerships to collectively improve children's health.

Denise Morrison

ChildrenHealthPartnershipsImprove

Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed.

Richard Widmark

FriendMoneyEatingPlayOldRadio

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

Rick Scott

PeopleSayingThinkTryListenHow

I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place; it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.

Mark Margolis

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