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Dawn Powell Quotes

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.

Dawn Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 28, 1896 - November 14, 1965

Topics

Comedy Repetition Fox Human Always

Look at the problem of drug-resistant TB in the world. Look at HIV in the world. What's going to be required for everybody in the long run is the ability to do complex health interventions in poor settings.

Jim Yong Kim

Health World Problem Long Look Run

I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning what to do to charm their socks off is something many of us do. But you get into a relationship, and the party's over at some point. They see the real you.

John Grant

Learning Relationship People Me You

Every industry has standards. For example, the motion picture camera, there are 2 or 3 film formats with a number of brackets and number of speed, a shooting speed that is standard. If we didn't have that, then some motion pictures will play back too slowly, and people would talk very slowly, and it will be bizarre.

Jeffrey Zeldman

People Picture Speed Camera Play

We want to raise the art of living well.

Robert Mondavi

Art Want Living Well Raise

If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.

Max Irons

Teen End Doing You Drama Nothing

I've been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.

Matthew McConaughey

Day People Wedding Out Where Been

I hooked up with director Jacques Audiard for this film called 'Rust & Bone' with Marion Cotillard. I loved that experience so much I'm truly sad that it's over!

Matthias Schoenaerts

Sad Experience Loved Rust Director

As far as my own life goes, I don't buy into the Hollywood scene.

Steve Schirripa

Life Hollywood My Own Buy Own Far

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Don Marquis

Funny Person Listen Pessimist Who

My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basketball.

Derrick Rose

Basketball Doing Hard Days Playing

Your voice is not your instrument. Your voice is the character that you build, your innermost feelings, the things that you want to say, and your instrument is the vehicle that you use to carry the message.

Dianne Reeves

Character Voice You Feelings Want

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

Chris Tucker

Day People Golf Week You Down