At times, maybe I'm too competitive for my own good.
Allison Janney
Recitation: by Male by Female
As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site visits quite often, from age 7 or 8. I have memories of crawling through the rafters of the old building, trying to find where the leak in the roof was.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
AgeMemoriesBuildingTryingFind
Many self-help books give you these neat, tidy formulas that are really illusions. They dupe people into thinking, 'Well if I can just do that, then everything's going to be okay.' My work differs in that I don't offer quick solutions and simple explanations.
John Bradshaw
WorkSimplePeopleThinkingYou
Comey is a particularly infuriating character, and I think what he has always been about, from when he was the deputy attorney general under President Bush, is about protecting his own reputation.
Jennifer Palmieri
CharacterReputationThinkPresident
Half my life is an act of revision.
John Irving
LifeMy LifeActHalfRevision
I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'
Andy Warhol
Keep GoingThoughtNameYouSayWhy
I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television.
Michael Cudlitz
MeYouNeverBandNextWould
Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they know they will set off a media frenzy.
Steven Pinker
PeopleMediaKnowWhyWillEvents
My siblings, along with my parents Chris and Kath, are the reason that I am successful. Whether I wanted to become an elementary school teacher, enter and win Alternative Miss Ireland, enroll to do a Ph.D., or visit the White House to speak about fashion and disability, they supported me.
Sinead Burke
TeacherSchoolI AmParentsMeWin
Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically - me and Nick - said what would we do, where would we head?
Simon Pegg
MeWorldThinkEndPersonEscape
The idea of what a feminist is has changed so much that there needs to be a new word for it.
Trinny Woodall
NewIdeaChangedWordNeedsMuch
'Bram and Alice' is the best show I've done so far, and it only aired three times.
Traylor Howard
BestDoneThreeShowOnlyFar
I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears.
Michael Trucco
BirthdayMyselfAirplaneOutBecause
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