Scott Ian Quotes

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

Scott Ian

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CoolWorldWayNeverBigMetal

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

Joanna Lumley

ThinkLipsOverGiraffeGotOver It

If you want to be a poet, you can just write it on a napkin, and it's the length of the napkin, I guess. But usually you decide you'll rhyme it, or you'll have a formula. In radio, that's something called, 'Close your eyes and listen.'

Robert Krulwich

EyesYouWantListenWriteRadio

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment.

Ann Macbeth

YourselfBudgetInvestmentBuild

Directing is a tremendous art.

Steve Guttenberg

ArtDirectingTremendous

My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause it feels good, and I think for the most part it's good music. Even when it's not, I'd like to still search for something that could be even like a little bit mind-blowing or shocking to me.

Ryan Adams

GoodMusicRideMeIdeasThink

I want to be known as Terminator 2.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

WantKnownTerminator

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

Doris Lessing

LifeWorkHard WorkTruthGreatYou

People think, 'Wow, you're an actress, so people must be really nice to you and kiss your ass.' NOBODY kisses my ass.

Alicia Silverstone

KissPeopleThinkYouNobodyNice

Those who say that the West and Islam are eternally irreconcilable have more in common with the Islam extremists than they might like to think, for it's the very same argument of course advanced by Al-Qaida. And they do have it wrong. We need to work with mainstream Islam.

Pauline Neville-Jones

WorkThinkWrongArgumentSayIslam

That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Payne Stewart

ProudAmericanWhyTaxesPaySure

I was eating cereal on my couch when I saw the first commercial for 'The Wiz' on TV. I dropped the spoon and the tears came out of nowhere.

Shanice Williams

TearsEatingFirstOutCouchSaw

The big thing on the horizon for me is video. I feel like it's the closest thing to a perfect mix between music and design, because it has the motion and it has the dynamics of music, while at the same time having the aesthetic components of design. It's a nice mix.

Tycho

MusicTimeMeHorizonDesignFeel

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