Lynn Coady Quotes

When a man tells a woman there is no chance of a formal, committed, long-term relationship, the only self-respecting response is to take him at his word and move on.

Lynn Coady

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I always thought that as much as I love 'White Jazz,' it became almost unfilmable at some point, because there are so many strands, so much, and it became so psychotic... that's what made it such a great book, but those things would not carry over into the filmic realm, I thought, with ease.

Joe Carnahan

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Nobody picked up guns in those days. You put on music, and it made you feel great.

Joey Ramone

MusicGreatFeelYouNobodyGuns

I keep up with James Kochalka's online strip, and if I see a link somewhere or someone tells me about something, I'll look at it, but I don't usually keep up with any sites other than the 'American Elf.' I always have this feeling that there's not enough space in the screen, like everything's always getting cut off.

Jeffrey Brown

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As an actress, I am very happy with 'Singh Is Bliing' because that was totally different from what I have done before.

Amy Jackson

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Success is dependent on effort.

Sophocles

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

Roland Barthes

SayingLiteratureWorthTroubleMust

What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't even know what the rules say, to be perfectly candid. Name all six of them.

Michael K. Powell

PeopleMeCandidNameOwnershipSay

As a woman, it seems you can't just be a comedian; you're always classed as something else, too, whether that's 'beautiful,' 'pint-sized,' 'larger-than-life' or in my case, 'Hattie Jacques-esque,' 'the giraffe,' 'big.'

Miranda Hart

BeautifulWomanYouAlwaysBigJust

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

Lord Northcliffe

BusinessJournalismUnderstandOthers

We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Davy Crockett

MoneyCharityCongressRightDollar

What I like to do when I get to a new place is buy local music early on and listen to it while we're driving around. I think it helps explain and illuminate the culture of where you are if local music is playing.

Chris Hadfield

MusicCultureThinkDrivingYouNew

I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

Brandon Routh

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