Christopher Guest Quotes

If you're showing people where it's smooth sailing, where is the joke? If you go back to any movie, even a conventional movie, with any comedians, they're either not terribly intelligent or they're not doing something well.

Christopher Guest

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PeopleDoingYouBackGoSailing

Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face nothing new under the sun.

Jim Mattis

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I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

Michelle Ryan

WorkThriveNeverBunnySocialBeen

I'm a graphic-novel guy. I can't handle the wait for monthly or bi-monthly comics; I need the story finished so I can buy the whole thing.

Chris Wooding

WaitStoryI CanNeedBuyGuy

I won't say no to projects I believe in if there's a good story there.

Cobie Smulders

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I'm putting the whole 'Ultimate Fighter' thing behind me. I did well on the show and made a name for myself.

Brendan Schaub

MyselfMeNameFighterWellWhole

The media should probe and challenge candidates to help voters understand their views on foreign policy. Questions should include, 'What lessons have you learned from past foreign policy decisions? How will they shape your vision as commander in chief? What is America's role in the world?'

Pete Hoekstra

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Sometimes, it is enough for us to hold out a hand to receive help. It is not we who help; God helps, granting His power to the powerless word.

Nikolai Gogol

GodPowerEnoughHelpSometimesOut

We must embrace a new agenda based on inclusiveness; a commitment to reconnecting the social and the economic; a relinking of the latter to a plausible redistributive system; and a determination to ensure that everyone has access to justice. All these things are within our reach.

Noreena Hertz

DeterminationJusticeCommitmentNew

Many families would like to avoid burdening future generations with inherited diseases such as haemophilia or severe developmental disorders. But most would think it wrong to edit the genes that influence the 'normal' range of human variation, from eye colour to intelligence or athletic ability.

Mark Walport

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I was born in Germany, grew up in Germany, and when I was becoming a professional footballer, I felt like a German.

Leroy Sane

BornProfessionalUpBecomingLike

My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

Julian Fellowes

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I love the iPhone - I'm a huge Mac and Apple fan.

Greg Grunberg

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