Alice Ripley Quotes

The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.

Alice Ripley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1963

Topics

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I never felt that I had the natural intellectual gifts that the people who graduate first in their class from Harvard Law had.

Megyn Kelly

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The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again!

Michael Flanders

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Before Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had dream of soldiers falling from the sky.

John Trudell

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I just love being able to create and make things that inspire and that make people laugh, and my motivation to keep going is to make more opportunities to do that.

Amanda Seales

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Like many countries, Indonesia can transform its decision-making system to be more transparent and inclusive, particularly on resource allocation and use.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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When I walked into the studio, the chorus of 'Nobody Love' was already set. For me, the challenge was to make it have depth.

Tori Kelly

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There's a richness to the old works if you look before the 1950s. The chord progressions and the language was more complicated, especially in the jazz and classical world.

Tori Amos

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When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

Rob Brydon

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The only way to get to that next peak is to be ready for that next valley. Being raised Irish, you know to always be ready for the bad times.

Rory O'Malley

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I'm a political analyst. I'm a political wonk. I read everything I can get my hands on as a contributor to the 'Weekly Standard.' Of course I read that. I read the 'National Review' on the right. I read 'Mother Jones' on the left. If I want a good laugh, I'll watch MSNBC or read 'The Nation.'

Michael Ramirez

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Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books.

Mitch Albom

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My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.

Diane Duane

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