Miriam Margolyes Quotes

My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I told her I was a lesbian not long before.

Miriam Margolyes

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I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

Mel Tillis

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Americans want jobs. They want affordable health insurance. They want an education.

John McCain

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My worst Christmas ever was in 1987 when Santa brought me and my sister a dose of chicken-pox. And my worst present ever was a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner! I don't like to sound ungrateful, but I do find vacuuming difficult to get excited about.

Sophia Di Martino

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My body is like in a computer for good for the rest of my life - at age 23. I have my cyber body so if they ever need me young again I can just go, 'It's in the computer.'

Silvia Colloca

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I'm always happy for a job. It's all fun.

Travis Fimmel

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Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

Robert Benchley

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I want to see the birth of my baby. Hopefully it's a boy. He can play for St. John's.

Jayson Williams

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When I was 23, I went to Alaska by myself into the glaciers of the coast range and climbed a mountain by myself. It was incredibly reckless, incredibly stupid. But I was lucky. And I survived, and I came back to tell my story.

Jon Krakauer

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Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Dennis Miller

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It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right.

Dr. Dre

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I grew up listening to so much different pop and stuff other than just aggressive music.

Chino Moreno

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It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

Bruce Springsteen

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