Dick Cavett Quotes

A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.

Dick Cavett

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MeConversationMemorablePresident

I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

Joe Manganiello

MeBookLookMadMoviesRight

We all have human emotions that rob our lives.

Jennifer O'Neill

EmotionsHumanOurHuman Emotions

I think great writers should write great shows, and I have trouble with, like, what you are in life shouldn't automatically make you what you do in your art. It doesn't necessarily translate.

Jenji Kohan

LifeGreatArtThinkYouTrouble

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

John Forsythe

StrengthLightHeroVillainYouTry

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

Robert Louis Stevenson

WishLiteratureYouMeanWriteHim

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Anna Julia Cooper

WomanManRedWorldVoiceBlack

I buy my produce at the local farmer's market, which is actually cheaper than shopping at the grocery store.

Anna Getty

ShoppingFarmerBuyMarketCheaper

Mentally strong people don't shy away from change - nor do they expect immediate results.

Amy Morin

ChangePeopleStrongResultsShy

'Shall We Dance?' takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it's a good big, stupid American movie.

Stephen Hunter

GoodDanceStupidSmallAmerican

Sometimes I'll be somewhere, and the cops will show up to kick me out and end up just asking for a photo.

Rob Dyrdek

MeEndSometimesWillOutAsking

I am a deficit hawk.

Dick Cheney

I AmHawkAmDeficit

I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that's not just physically, it's psychologically. I think that your body is in tune with your mind and your spirituality and your heart. If things are going better, I just think you look better.

Drew Barrymore

HeartMindBabyThinkBetterFat

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