Linda Thompson Quotes

Honestly, I was so happy for Bruce because I loved Bruce... and Bruce felt like my brother. You know, I wanted him to be OK, and I was just thrilled he'd found someone who had four children and someone who understood what it was like to be a parent - you know, just to have that great family life again.

Linda Thompson

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LifeFamilyChildrenGreatBrother

My songs are somewhere between story and situation. There's also character and mood. I'm an intuitive writer, both with instrumentals and songs with words.

Jenny Scheinman

CharacterWordsStorySituationMood

There's nothing I don't love about 'Mad Men.'

Andy Cohen

LoveMenMadNothingAboutMad Men

I think 'Nathan for You' is a really funny show, along with 'The Grinder' and 'Baskets.' I really like 'Man Seeking Woman.' It's the coolest show because they just do weird stuff, and it doesn't feel weird; they make it normal somehow, which I applaud. And 'Broad City' - I think those guys are awesome.

Anders Holm

FunnyWomanManCityThinkWeird

I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.

John Lone

AloneMeSomeoneSleepingNeedNext

Love is 2 minutes and 52 seconds of squelching noises.

John Lydon

LoveLove IsMinutesSecondsNoises

My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.

Steven Spielberg

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Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry.

Rodney Crowell

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When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun.

Misha Collins

SchoolFunPizzaMeKitchenStudent

I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

LifeNatureGoodMomentI AmHorse

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

Janet Yellen

EconomyUnemploymentLong-TermEven

I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life.

Debra Messing

LifeMy LifeYouKnowSeriouslyTry

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

Bob Iger

LeadershipPeopleThinkImportant

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