Timothy Noah Quotes

One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their occupations.

Timothy Noah

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I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. And I'm really sensitive, so I take even small mistakes as huge ones.

John Krasinski

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I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.

John Wayne

SuccessTruthFireMeWorldTrail

History has proven time and again that downturns are the best time to invest in new start-ups. You get good deals and find a better environment for start-ups to grow.

Steve Jurvetson

GoodHistoryTimeBestGrowBetter

My aunt put my cousins into a children's modelling agency, then my mum did it with us. Me and my sister got a few TV adverts, which was good pocket money. A director saw photos of me and asked me to do a short film.

Sullivan Stapleton

GoodChildrenMoneyMeSisterShort

This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to achieve.

Roxane Gay

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Without the ability to criticize unjust laws in powerful symbolic ways, we can't change them. And the point of a democracy is that people should be able to convince other people to change a law.

Marvin Ammori

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There's that great thing about acting - you're wearing your heart on your sleeve, and you're speaking off the cuff. You know, you're fearless about it, and - and it's great. And I love it.

Chris Eigeman

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There had to be a market in order for you to be successful in a business. The market had to need your business, or the product of it.

Chuck Berry

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I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.

Bruce Forsyth

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Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

Prince

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I'm a huge fan of Morris Chestnut. I grew up with Morris, and I know him personally.

Tia Mowry

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Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.

Rickey Henderson

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