Wylie Dufresne Quotes

Okay, a lot of people think that I'm someone known for a love of eggs and egg cookery. Being asked to endorse an egg yolk separator, I mean, I understood where it came from, but it didn't seem necessarily like something that was ultimately worth pursuing.

Wylie Dufresne

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They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.

Jo Brand

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Many have observed that Elizabeth Edwards could be a political figure in her own right. She has never had an interest in that.

Jennifer Palmieri

PoliticalNeverSheRightOwnHer

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.

Andrew Denton

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Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has had it. But I would be in favour of abortion if there was a high risk.

Stephen Hawking

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My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.

Steven Wright

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First of all, I'm no better than the next person.

Stevie Wonder

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Although they arrived in New York penniless, my parents scraped together enough savings to establish the first of several small businesses just after I was born.

Robert Fogel

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Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.

Rod Taylor

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I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism.

Rodrigo Santoro

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As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in which I was brought up. No one can fail to be uplifted by great cathedrals - such as that at Ely, near my home in Cambridge.

Martin Rees

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When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

Michael Pena

DreamsNowActorFirstOutWorking

Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.

Lisa Jewell

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