Michael Korda Quotes

I attended first a military academy, then a public school in Beverly Hills, where we lived, and many of my classmates were the children of movie stars and studio executives.

Michael Korda

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I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am.

Jessica Simpson

I AmWantJustWhoReallyAm

Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

John P. Kotter

WorkTogetherFightTeamThinkJust

I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art.

Sholom Aleichem

ArtMyselfAmericanWillNeverGive

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.

Rumi

BeautyGodHeartBeautifulRoseHe

When you don't behave the way liberals think you should, their effort and their intention to control you compounds.

Rush Limbaugh

EffortControlThinkYouIntention

I like really bad puns - proper, red-top, nasty puns - I find them funny.

Johnny Flynn

FunnyBadFindNastyLikePuns

I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector.

Dick Cheney

FreeThinkFinancialEndTryUp

I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.'

Demetri Martin

I AmWinYouWonderTurtleSaid

There are whole months at a time when my head is so full of ideas that I wake in the middle of the night and lie in the dark telling myself stories. There are also long, dark nights when I just know I'll never write another word: I'm finished, empty, a husk... Oh dear, yes, twitch, yawn, how I've suffered insomnia for my art.

Debi Gliori

TimeArtMyselfLieIdeasNight

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

Clive James

TechnologyGraduationAmericaRight

I don't know what has caused this reawakening in academia. Obama? The GOP's assaults on science and on patients? Jon Stewart? I'm not at all sure. I just know I don't feel nearly as alone in academia as I used to. I'm feeling increasingly surrounded by fellow Ph.D.'s and by M.D.'s who seem to be taking a lot of things personally.

Alice Dreger

AloneScienceFeelFeelingKnow

We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.

Percelle Ascott

MusicGreatDoingTelevisionKnow

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