Thomas Watson, Jr. Quotes

The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 14, 1914 - December 31, 1993

Topics

LifePoliceShadowInfluenceNews

The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.

Jennifer Coolidge

PeopleMeStupidViewCareer

Racing is a great sport, but we need people to come along and see that for themselves. Maybe they're not used to going racing or haven't been before, but I think people get a taste for it; they do come back.

Tony McCoy

GreatPeopleThinkRacingBackNeed

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd sell my house and live on the street to play a tramp.

Tom Holland

LiveCharacterI AmMeHouseActing

Melbourne City is an awesome city. You can get everything: You can get open air. You can get city life. You can get cafes and bars. I started comedy here; I lived here for 10 years. I went to university here. This is my home ground.

Ronny Chieng

LifeHomeCityComedyYouAwesome

To stand up on the stage is to say to many people: Look at me. How can you do that without speaking the only truth you know? There is no such thing as an uncommitted actor.

Judith Malina

TruthPeopleMeStand UpStandLook

Getting a tax refund is nice, but having more money year-round is better. If you get a chunk of change from the IRS, you're giving the government an interest-free loan - not something they, or any bank, would ever give you. Instead, change your withholding so you get a little extra in each paycheck.

Jean Chatzky

ChangeMoneyGovernmentBetterYou

I have good voice inflection, that's why I'm good on radio. But on TV, I look too big because I move my hands around a lot.

Jonathan Krohn

GoodVoiceHandsLookWhyRadio

Usually I wear my grandma's old aprons, or others I have collected in my travels. When I was young, I would sit and watch my grandma prepare stuff. She wasn't Italian, but she did really good Italian food.

Debi Mazar

GoodFoodYoungOthersSheOld

I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!

Chubby Checker

PeopleMeThinkLookWant

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.

Allen Tate

PoetryWriteQuestionHappenWhere

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

WorkDeathAchieveWantDying

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

Philip Reeve

BestExperienceStoryFeelWaySix

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