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Preston Sturges Quotes

Much as I disliked the un-American idea of marrying a lady with a dowry, I must admit that little Mrs. Godfrey's little private income put everything in a faintly different light.

Preston Sturges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: August 29, 1898 - August 6, 1959

Topics

Light Lady Admit Everything Little

I felt so contained at home. I always really felt like I couldn't be myself at home, so I was always quiet. I remember I used to sit in my room and listen to Bone Thugs and close the door.

Jermaine Fowler

Home Myself Door Remember Quiet Sit

When you have such a huge past, a big background as we have, you can play off that - a lot of people do. But we felt we wouldn't have a legitimate future unless we put something new together.

Andy Taylor

Future Together Past People You New

Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it's a little backward.

Ron Livingston

Good Think Little Would Everybody

This tension between ambition and parenthood, that's not a reckoning that many men face. There are plenty of men who say, 'Oh, I need to be there for my kids, and I can't do x or y professionally,' but for the most part, that's a struggle that belongs to women in society.

Rumaan Alam

Women Struggle Men Ambition Society

You go to a Springsteen show, and half of the people are there to party and forget about their cares, and they're being drawn to this visceral experience. And then the other half, you know, has lived and died with his 'Nebraska' album and considers him one of the greatest poets.

Mat Kearney

Experience People You Party Go Know

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Milan Kundera

People Worth Go Human Outside Exist

We all join the President in applauding the sacrifices made by our brave men and women in uniform. But we must continue to provide them the tools they need to accomplish the difficult tasks they face.

Dick Durbin

Women Men Brave Face Tools Uniform

My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years.

Didi Conn

Work Job Vacation Me Theatre Summer

It's often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different.

Colleen Atwood

People Fashion New Said Group Way

I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people do; I also know that a lot of other people act like I do. And better than I do. But what informs the singing is the acting. They're not separate from each other.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

People Singing Better Acting Jazz

They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.

Anthony Holden

People Opinion World Lose Office

The more opinions you have, the less you see.

Wim Wenders

Opinions You More See Less