Christine Lahti Quotes

A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house and blew everything apart. We had to just put all the pieces back.

Christine Lahti

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FriendBackHouseBornWayPieces

I went to public school, and I didn't do well in school. And it wasn't until, actually, I got into school at Juilliard - it was the first time in my life that I thought, 'Oh, maybe I'm not stupid,' because I was so inspired and passionate about what I was learning, and it was the first time in my life I had felt that.

Jessica Chastain

LifeLearningTimeSchoolStupid

Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me.

Jerry Lawler

DayPeopleMeProudSomeoneTalking

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

John Barrymore

YourselfYouDrinkFloatDrown

We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free, even on the most difficult issues. Especially on the most difficult issues. The task is to encourage controversial debates in a form that strengthens democracy.

Jens Stoltenberg

DemocracyFreePoliticalOpinions

It makes common sense that children, whose brains are rapidly developing, should not be hitting their heads hundreds of times per season.

Ann McKee

ChildrenCommon SenseBrainsSense

The Internet is the last place where there is actually a free market on Earth.

Jeff Berwick

FreeInternetPlaceEarthMarket

First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.

John S. Watson

BusinessEnergyDebateTaxOilMore

I have a tough personality but then have a very soft side to me. I'm kind of a tomboy, but I throw it together with girly pieces.

Sofia Richie

PersonalityTogetherMeToughKind

The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me make some of the programmes I'd like to make on climate change, I bet you there would be a change of emphasis.

Robert Winston

ChangeMeYouClimate ChangeTrouble

The Times has much less power than you think. I believe we attribute power to the media generally that it simply doesn't have. It's very convenient to blame the media, the same way we blame television for everything that's going wrong in society.

Michael Pollan

PowerBlameSocietyBelieveThink

I'm not easily satisfied with things. I always want to do better. I always want to improve. I always want to grow.

Little Simz

GrowBetterWantAlwaysImprove

The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I'm not at all sure that that's what the Obama administration believes.

Dick Cheney

LovedSometimesTakeUsControversy

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