Ken Jennings Quotes

You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America.

Ken Jennings

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LiveMeAmericaYouKnowWant

I have no problem understanding that women are interested in mascara and the Middle East.

Joanna Coles

WomenUnderstandingProblemMiddle

What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?

John C. Calhoun

SupportPeopleRealityOthersPay

It's great that I get accused of not being politically correct. People need to take themselves less seriously. This world is so screwed up as it is, we've all got to relax a bit more.

Michael Bay

GreatPeopleRelaxWorldSeriously

Rock stars' wives have never been given an easy time. They weren't nice about Linda McCartney till she died.

Trudie Styler

StarsTimeEasyNiceRockNever

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s.

Tori Amos

WomenTimeVintagePressureIndustry

I was really shy when I was a child, very self-conscious about taking up space or being an attention seeker. I was the kind of kid who was really good at homework.

Mickey Sumner

GoodSpaceChildHomeworkAttention

People consider me a striker, but I have trained jiu-jitsu for 10 years.

Mirko Cro Cop

PeopleMeYearsConsiderTrained

I always want to make my records sound great so they'll stand the test of time, and that takes a lot of work.

Little Louie Vega

WorkGreatTimeStandWantTest

Bespoke tailoring: yes! I found this one pair of pants - they're Canali - and brought them into a tailor and said, 'Clone these, dammit.' They just do all the right things. I've got eight pairs in different colors and I never have to think about pants again. The only look otherwise that suits me is, like, the Professor from 'Gilligan's Island.'

Douglas Coupland

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I don't write scenes where one person is right and one person is wrong. It's very much by design that everyone has a point of view that you as an audience member can understand.

Courtney A. Kemp

DesignViewYouPoint Of ViewPerson

As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong?

Colleen Atwood

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For actors coming out of long-running soaps, it's really important to have a little break from the screen and look for roles that are removed from the ones they have played.

Bradley Walsh

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