Demetri Martin Quotes

I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.

Demetri Martin

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I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.

Jewel

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I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

John D. Rockefeller

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Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.

Andre Leon Talley

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Hollywood is like a piranha. They don't give you breathing room. You don't have time to let your career breathe.

Sissy Spacek

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Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment.

Tom Rachman

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Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure. But that's a reality.

Roberto Azevedo

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My dad used to sit me on his knee and read from the Bible to us. We were a praying family. Ours was a family of love and a family of prayer.

Roma Downey

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When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.

Michael McKean

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When people think of biblical movies, they imagine sweeping epics like 'The Ten Commandments.' But 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' is essentially a documentary about Jesus. It made me aware of how real life and personal experience can create more breathtaking, sensitive cinema than more sophisticated techniques.

Derek Cianfrance

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Health is your greatest wealth, so experiencing a marathon and seeing what you're capable of is really special.

Christy Turlington

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If Pakistan claims to be a crucial partner in the international coalition against terrorism, how can it continue to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy against India?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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A bootlegger is a bootlegger, a scalper is a scalper.

Prince

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