Mike Birbiglia Quotes

You get to the end of something, you're laughing, you're like, 'That's funny, and that's funny,' and then you get to the end, and the credits come down, and you're like, 'That's it?! That's the whole thing?! You had me here for that?!' I just don't want to do that.

Mike Birbiglia

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FunnyMeEndYouDownWant

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

John Locke

FashionNothingRichesMostPart

There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in 'Auntie Mame,' where she's in the department store, sewing at Macy's, and she doesn't know how to do anything but fill out a form as 'cash on delivery!'

Robert Osborne

LoveFocusKnowMoviesChristmas

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.

Steve Cropper

HouseOwnMemphisDrumsJustMost

When liberals dismiss all Trump supporters as racists, this only fuels their anger.

Stephanie Coontz

AngerOnlyLiberalsTrumpSupporters

When I was around 16 or 17, I got asked to model, but because I was very 'tomboy' at the time, I wasn't interested. But then I had a bit of teenage rebellion, and I saw modeling as an opportunity to get away from school and parents, so I thought, 'OK, maybe I will be a model.'

Suki Waterhouse

OpportunityTimeSchoolParentsWill

I don't keep a diary and I throw away nearly all the paper I might have kept. I don't keep an archive. There's something worrying about my make-up that I try to leave no trace of myself apart from my plays.

Tom Stoppard

MyselfTryDiaryLeaveSomething

If somebody takes the time, a: to read a book that I have written, and then to b: care about it enough to write me and ask questions, surely I owe them a response.

Lois Lowry

TimeMeBookCareQuestionsEnough

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

Donald Johanson

LifeAchieveInitiativeSheTakeHe

On the Agriculture Committee, I will be an ardent and strong champion for our farmers to ensure that they are treated fairly, particularly in regards to how their products are priced.

Chris Gibson

ChampionStrongAgricultureFarmers

I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else, I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.

Bonnie Langford

MyselfI AmHideMoreNowhereHalf

Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.

Anthony Burgess

PeopleEnergyViolenceCreateYoung

Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.

Pico Iyer

LifeJourneyFaithWritingYouWay

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