Phyllis Battelle Quotes

A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see.

Phyllis Battelle

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LifeHeartBrokenSayingFatYou

It would be nice if areas could be revitalised - like places in the U.S. such as Pittsburgh, for example, which have been transformed through shale. There you have shiny cars in a shiny city because of the development of shale in an old industrial heartland.

Jim Ratcliffe

CityYouBe NiceNiceDevelopment

Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.

Robert Orben

ProblemAskAlwaysUnitedBeenAny

I love what I do, and I just remember that every breath and every moment is a gift and it can be taken away at any time, so I want to appreciate it and be grateful for it while it's here.

Alyson Stoner

LoveTimeMomentGratefulGiftWant

The criticism from the media never really bothered me. I'd correct it when I can, but that's their job. If stuff wasn't personal, then it really didn't bother me.

Stan Van Gundy

JobMeCriticismMediaI CanNever

My parents are professors; they're intellectual. I spent a lot of time reading books. To me, everyone always looks like they do in your imagination. And in my imagination, the characters always looked like me.

Shonda Rhimes

TimeImaginationParentsMeReading

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

Rita Mae Brown

OpportunityMeThinkChooseReason

It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.

Mary Oliver

MorningWaitWake UpThinkThinking

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Donald Rumsfeld

ControlExerciseCountryOverTask

One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring.

Coy Bowles

GuitarMusiciansGuyPlayersNamed

Somebody rang me up the other day and said 'Yellow' was on a karaoke machine. That made me genuinely excited. It's got a nice beat.

Chris Martin

DayYellowMeSaidNiceBeat

There are some tax expenditures that are there for very obvious and very important and very good policy reasons. Whether it's the charitable deduction or the deduction for homes, it's not a loophole.

Chuck Schumer

GoodTaxImportantPolicyObvious

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Bodhidharma

MenEvilFruitWillBearGods

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