Debra Messing Quotes

I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch.

Debra Messing

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If I'm free, it's because I'm always running.

Jimi Hendrix

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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.

Andrew Davies

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'The Naked Civil Servant' was as important for me as 'Easy Rider' was for Jack Nicholson. No question.

John Hurt

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I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

Steve Carlton

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Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Stephen Covey

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I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing.

Sondra Radvanovsky

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Around 1967 Dan Bobrow wrote a program to do algebra problems based on symbols rather than numbers.

Marvin Minsky

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With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be part of an audience is a privilege. To be with the people on stage, to let them reach you. If you're doing a million other things, they won't reach you.

Miriam Margolyes

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There are certainly things in live broadcasts that I've done that I wish I could have gone back to edit and make better. It's hard, because you want it to be perfect, and it just isn't. Even in the edited ones, it's not everything you want it to be - but it's closer.

Lonny Price

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Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

Che Guevara

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I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

Boris Johnson

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I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.

Anthony Doerr

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