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Winston Churchill Quotes

There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

Winston Churchill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: british
Birth: November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965

Topics

Girl Speech You Wall More Difficult

When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event.

Jerry Saltz

Art Money World You Move On Will

The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career.

Jenny Shipley

Leader Day Beginning End Political

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

Mel Brooks

Women Wife Woman Me Short Security

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.

Ann Beattie

Nobody Everything Assume Writer

The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.

Rose McIver

Best People You Actor Way Listen

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

Dick Gregory

Politics Voting Country Chicago Duty

I've always been in love with Howard McGillen's voice, ever since I got wind of him.

Christine Ebersole

Love Wind Voice Him Always Been

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

Chris Milk

Want Up Wanted Storyteller Grew

When you get a character that you're just starting to work on, it's the most exciting and most terrifying feeling because you have endless hours of diving in, researching, reading, and decision-making.

Chris Wood

Work Character Reading You Feeling

A stay-at-home mom is a working mom. Being a stay-at-home mom is a job.

Cobie Smulders

Job Mom Being Working Stay-At-Home

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

Bob Woodward

Failure Mistake Early Country Error

I've been to so many beautiful countries and never got the chance to see them.

Ashley Cole

Beautiful Chance Never See Got Been