Sebastian Faulks Quotes

My parents' generation didn't have any understanding of psychology or emotion or individual temperament. In fact, they were slightly embarrassed by all those words.

Sebastian Faulks

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My dad used to work at IBM, so we used to get discounts on computers and stuff, and I did have a ThinkPad.

Jimmy Fallon

WorkComputersUsedGetStuffIBM

I had a theater that was right across the street from me, and I would just go there after school and just hang out and watch... and everything seemed calmer there and nicer there and warmer there.

Jeffrey Tambor

SchoolMeGoStreetRightOut

Nothing is more linear than a street; nothing has a more fixed beginning, middle, and end.

Steve Erickson

BeginningEndStreetNothingMore

You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And the only way I could get it going was to become a producer myself.

Stanley Donen

SuccessMyselfStruggleMePicture

I have a voice coach, but only in so much as to make my voice stronger so I can sing for five nights a week, two hours.

Rod Stewart

VoiceWeekStrongerI CanTwoCoach

No one will ever feel sorry for me.

Rose Kennedy

MeSorryFeelWillEver

Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.

Janet Yellen

WorkFinancialHelpGoalWallOur

At my degree show, someone said, 'It's nice, but it's very feminine.' I said, thank you, taking it as a compliment, but they obviously meant it as an insult.

Cornelia Parker

Thank YouSomeoneYouSaidNice

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

Colin Powell

WorkGovernmentControlBackPlace

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.

Clive Owen

HateWhyKaraokeSingDread

I'm not the only one who has ever lost somebody; I'm not the only one who was missing somebody. That's what I love about country music, that's what I love about songwriters, is being able to put out those words, those feelings.

Cole Swindell

LoveMusicWordsFeelingsCountry

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

Bob Riley

GovernmentCreateMoreOnlyMake

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