Mike Birbiglia Quotes

I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

Mike Birbiglia

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When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Steve Jobs

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People are afraid of failure - they don't like to work so hard and have people keep saying, 'No.' I think that's what people fear most.

Russell Simmons

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For many years, when I was starring on 'Touched by an Angel,' I produced on a number of television movies for CBS. I have always enjoyed the aspect of bringing something together and multitasking in that way.

Roma Downey

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Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.

Jason Day

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I have lots of shoes, but I have to be comfortable. Lately, I've stolen my husband's big, ugly Uggs to wear around the kitchen. I want to have them on, then slide into a fabulous heel later. Truth is, I often forget the heel.

Debi Mazar

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When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

KissMeFeelInterestingDoingCopy

I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.

Anthony Bourdain

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Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

Norman Cousins

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I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

Lewis Hamilton

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I know the Trump family personally, his kids and grandkids, and they're a fantastic family.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

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In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Julius Caesar

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No one supposes that the government of the United States is supreme, beyond the sphere plainly defined by the constitution: Neither does any one deny that the State is supreme within its proper sphere of action.

James L. Petigru

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