Joyce DeWitt Quotes

Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was playing or Spencer Tracy was playing. I was really never interested in the parts that women were playing. I found the parts that guys were playing were so much more interesting.

Joyce DeWitt

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There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

John C. Calhoun

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Armani is a fashion house that I think is iconic and beautiful.

Megan Fox

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I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events in the history of life. Without insects, there'd be no flowering plants. Without flowering plants, there would be no clever, fruit-eating primates giving TED Talks.

Michael Dickinson

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I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

Solange Knowles

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I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far.

Shiri Appleby

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I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don't want to do it in my books.

Ruth Rendell

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Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

Ross Perot

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My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

Diane Arbus

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I once made a giant six-foot can of Crisco that a person had to dance in and that had an Elvis wig on top.

Chris March

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I was raised by a gaggle of women who all loved to bake. Dessert always existed after any savory meal. I was raised with cookies on the plate, brownies in a Tupperware container, and so on.

Christina Tosi

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I get as much sleep as possible. When I get home, I have just enough energy to lay out my clothes and go to bed.

Constance Marie

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I don't do a film with which I myself won't be happy. More than believing in the script, it should be fun shooting it.

Nushrat Bharucha

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