Tom Allen Quotes

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

Tom Allen

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RestCountryLandSkiesOutside

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Jodie Foster

ArtResponsibilityPeopleThinkMore

Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

Robert Moog

BaseballOutUpBeatElectronics

Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and the publisher of the song - not the singer - and make two separate deals.

John Waters

MusicSongYouFindComplicatedOut

I really don't have a problem showing the ugly side of people. If that means my wearing no makeup, that's fine. To me, that's beautiful.

Amy Ryan

BeautifulUglyPeopleMeMakeup

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

Simon Sinek

DirectionGivingDifferenceBetween

I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.

Roger McGuinn

MoneyRoadWantKindActJust

When Broken Lizard writes a movie, we reject everything that doesn't have five guys as leads, so it needs to be cops or a basketball team; that's what we can do.

Jay Chandrasekhar

BrokenTeamBasketballEverything

For the first time in my career, I'm working in a fine-arts arena, so I'm finally getting some intelligent reviews.

Joni Mitchell

TimeCareerIntelligentFirst Time

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.

Jonah Goldberg

MoneySayMoreWouldBarack Obama

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.

Douglas Coupland

LifeValueMeFaceHumanityRace

Basically, I really love work that puts the reader into a kind of vertigo, into a real doubt, and a beautiful way to convey that, a really perfect metaphor for that, is to make the reader also experience doubt.

David Shields

WorkLoveBeautifulExperienceDoubt

I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would've had six or seven... I would have done that if I could.

Cheryl Ladd

LoveDoneMoreTwoIf I CouldKids

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