Mike Nichols Quotes

I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her dress split for my benefit, and there was Marilyn, and yes, indeed, she didn't wear any underwear.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

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I realize that the wish to write in a new language derives from a kind of desperation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it highlights them, makes them stand out.

John Grant

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A lot of people aren't saving enough. And incidentally, people are living longer now, and health care is improving. You might end up retired for 30 years - people are not really preparing for that.

Robert J. Shiller

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I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.

Amish Tripathi

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To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill.

Sonia Rykiel

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I think every writer of detective fiction writing today has been influenced by Mr. Parker. I'm of a generation that followed Robert Parker, and it was impossible to read the genre and not be influenced by him.

Robert Crais

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Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world.

Robert Byrd

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I have known George W. Bush slightly since we were both in high school, and I studied him closely as governor. He is neither mean nor stupid. What we have here is a man shaped by three intertwining strands of Texas culture, combined with huge blinkers of class. The three Texas themes are religiosity, anti-intellectualism, and machismo.

Molly Ivins

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If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

Mo Ibrahim

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You've gotta wonder what kind of vibe you're putting out there if you're having really creepy people come talk to you.

Jorja Fox

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Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

William James

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I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.

Shelley Berkley

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