Christopher Buckley Quotes

I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill.

Christopher Buckley

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GoodBookEnoughYouKnowMean

In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.

Joan Blondell

VoiceFaceEnoughYouImagineYour

It's important to realize that everybody who went into country music, and most everybody who went into rock and roll in the '50s, they had no more goal than a hit on the jukebox. Johnny Cash, from the very beginning, had a goal that he wanted to make music that lifted people's spirits.

Robert Hilburn

MusicBeginningPeopleRock And Roll

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

Ann Macbeth

BlindlyWhereBritishMerchantLeads

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.

Trey Gowdy

TruthSomeoneQuestionsYouTell

He's known as Sting. I have my own personal name for him, but that shall remain a personal name.

Trudie Styler

NamePersonalMy OwnHimOwnHe

We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.

Tony Goldwyn

LifeLiveBlack And WhitePeopleSay

As actors, we have to take characters, and we have to feel for them and ultimately become them, and share that on screen so that audience feels that.

Ross Butler

FeelBecomeAudienceShareTake

'I Drink' took me two years to write.

Mary Gauthier

MeDrinkWriteTwoYearsTook

I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me.

Connie Britton

WorkMeCrazyLooksKindNeed

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.

Conor Oberst

WorldThinkBetterPlaceDoneNow

I've probably cried with a lot of songs - in teenage crushes, adult crushes.

Aretha Franklin

AdultSongsCrushesTeenageCried

There was never going to be a right time for a band that was still recording and had health in its environment, had made a very good record and was playing well.

Peter Garrett

GoodHealthTimeEnvironmentNever

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