Alia Shawkat Quotes

When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed at this place called Littlefield in Brooklyn. It was really fun. I did, like, 10 standards, and then I just hopped around different bars like Mona's and different jazz clubs in New York just singing because I know all the standards so well.

Alia Shawkat

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GreatTogetherFunNew YorkSinging

I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.

Andrea Arnold

TimeSleepRememberYouChristmas

Your whole life is changed with that first child. Your social behaviors are all turned upside down, you're sleep deprived, but eight months in, my son had this seizure, and it just woke me up to the idea that, oh, no, this can end. And it can end in a way that will destroy you forever.

Jeff Nichols

LifeSonSleepChildMeUpside Down

One of the fastest things a fruit fly does is take information from its eyes and react accordingly.

Michael Dickinson

EyesFruitFlyInformationReact

I'm not exactly the best capitalist ever.

Tom Douglas

BestEverCapitalistExactly

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Robert Blair

LifeFriendshipSoulSocietyCement

In the on-demand environment, you need love, not like. There's no lead in. You're not going to surf channels and hit it. People have to really want that show.

Roy Price

LovePeopleEnvironmentYouChannels

You give up your childhood. You miss proms and games and high-school events, and people say it's awful... I say it was a good trade. You miss something but I think I gained more than I lost.

Mary Lou Retton

GoodChildhoodPeopleThinkYouSay

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

Judah Friedlander

NightComedyGoWantOutMost

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

Diane von Furstenberg

WomanDesignBeingWhoLoves

The way I dress, I dress totally different than I did when I was in college. I have to - try to - look professional. You change a lot when you are in the NBA, but I know where I came from.

Derrick Rose

ChangeDressCollegeYouLookKnow

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

Chuck Palahniuk

DeathMeetingKindAlwaysAuthors

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Arthur Schopenhauer

LifeThirtyFirstNextFortyYears

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