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Christopher Buckley Quotes

I don't think I ever once heard Mum utter a religious or spiritual sentiment, a considerable feat considering that she was married for 57 years to one of the most prominent Catholics in the country.

Christopher Buckley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 28, 1952

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Spiritual Think Country She Years

I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.

Jim Sturgess

Words Singing Name Want Shape Form

I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Maya Angelou

Home Brother Angel You Look Go

Actually, I find it embarrassing being a pop star. I prefer it when people just treat me like anybody else, although occasionally there is a side of me, which is indulgent and I expect certain things because of my position. It's one of the perks.

Michael Hutchence

People Me Treat Find Side Star

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.

Tom Waits

Great Appreciation Think Jazz Always

I have a lot of gadgets, remote controls for everything - the curtains, pool cover - it's like The Jetsons!

Romeo Miller

Pool Everything Gadgets Like Cover

We now have the right to have immediate, unfettered access to any site in Iraq and we have the right to interview people, both inside and outside Iraq.

Mohamed ElBaradei

People Now Inside Outside Right

Opponents of cap and trade should be careful what they wish for.

Joshua A. Tucker

Wish Cap Be Careful Trade Careful

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

Dick Gregory

Me Ship Army Down Lost Navy

I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.

Chris Kyle

Myself People Look Target Enemy Up

I never had vocal lessons, dance classes, or any of the things my peers had.

Ciara

Dance Never Things Peers Lessons

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false.

Pierre Bayle

Opinion Think Generation Down Pure

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

Peter Ackroyd

Failure Fear Great Money People You