LeRoy Neiman Quotes

'Playboy' made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings - not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself.

LeRoy Neiman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 8, 1921 - June 20, 2012

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I love comedy, but more than that, I love comedy that has a message and that has some stakes.

Jermaine Fowler

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I'm not a big family person. I'm more of a loner.

Megan Fox

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The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

John Major

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Social mores change all the time. In the mid-1970s, it would've been astonishing, say, to see two men holding hands in the streets. And the attitude to having a fling with a girl, or whatever, was quite different then.

Robert Harris

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Each investigation team has a lawyer attached to it and there was a lawyer attached to me and my assistant.

Tony Greig

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There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting more than the commercial enterprise of it.

Mary Gauthier

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I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

Dick Cavett

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They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

Dennis Rodman

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As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.'

Cliff Burton

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The motto of my Jesuit high school was 'Men for others.' I've tried to live that creed.

Brett Kavanaugh

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I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration.

Sheila Heti

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I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds.

Ridley Scott

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