Kenneth Lonergan Quotes

My personal pride is not strong enough to make me brave. But I don't know why I equate being brave with fighting.

Kenneth Lonergan

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Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people.

Robert Kennedy

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I don't do Jewish stuff because I don't want people to be left out. If I mention the Torah in Alabama, it's not going to go down that well. I used to do some Jewish jokes because when I started, I used to play lots of Jewish country clubs.

Rita Rudner

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Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked.

Donna Brazile

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I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door.

Chieh Huang

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When you cut a film, certain scenes fall away and don't fit into the shape of the movie.

Wyck Godfrey

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The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.

Scott Caan

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While the wealthiest families completely benefit from the tax cuts targeted towards the upper brackets, middle-income families were hit with the unwelcome surprise of higher taxes on tax day.

Tim Bishop

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Recently I made the mistake of opening a bundle of reviews that someone had sent me of a production from years and years ago, and someone had written a really lovely review except that it made a remark about the way I spoke: 'A lot of people find her voice terribly irritating.' Do they? I had no idea.

Lindsay Duncan

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As an artist, you reflect the world around you. To do that, you must dive in, take risks, fall on your face, win, and sometimes lose a great deal.

Kellie Martin

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Well, I'm rather attracted to rather prosaic things like vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. Where people haven't apparently made them with a great love for what they're doing.

James Dyson

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When I was teaching at Cambridge, I sold handbags on the market.

Howard Jacobson

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