Thomas Keneally Quotes

Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.

Thomas Keneally

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MotherMeNameTrueEveryoneKnew

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

Joakim Noah

HomeYearYouBackKnowGrandfather

The problem with comedy audiences - it's like the Coliseum - when they see someone struggling, they don't feel altruistic towards them. They feel slightly repulsed by it.

Jo Brand

FeelComedySomeoneProblemSee

Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

Jessica Savitch

PeopleWalkingYouKnowWorstOut

There's certainly a side of me that isn't completely... sane. Or completely 'even' all the time. We all have our dark sides.

Angelina Jolie

TimeMeDarkSidesSideEven

We're not getting married right now. We're very, very focused on our respective careers. Marriage is a long way away. Yes, I'm very close to Vikram Bhatt.

Amisha Patel

MarriageLongNowFocusedWayRight

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Ralph Willis, Lonnie Johnson, Brownie McGhee and the three Kings, B.B., Albert and Freddie. Jazz-wise, I listened to Django, Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery.

Alvin Lee

KingCityKingsCountryBluesThree

To be on television and have my nieces and nephews see me, and seeing them wear my shirt to the games and be proud, it's so sweet. Sometimes it feels like it's just a dream.

Sue Wicks

MeSweetProudSeeingDreamGames

My experience is that the universal is the personal. If you can get past your navel-gazing into the deepest part of yourself as a writer, you find everyone - we're all there.

Mary Gauthier

ExperiencePastYourselfYouFind

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

Lowell Thomas

AgeYouEverythingSomethingAfter

I really liked the idea of playing - I won't say the underdog - but characters who have a lot of conflict.

Joshua Henry

ConflictUnderdogSayPlayingIdea

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

Jonathan Swift

BestDoctorWorldDietQuiet

I sent Trump a handwritten note requesting an interview with my cell-phone number in it. That was a huge mistake. You should never, ever give your cell-phone number to Donald Trump. You know what he did with it? He put it on the Internet.

Jorge Ramos

MistakeInternetYouDonald Trump

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