Kenneth Burke Quotes

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.

Kenneth Burke

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You get nervous when you're identified with something that is really great and positive for so long. You don't want to not be that person, but there are going to be other roles in your career.

Melissa Peterman

PositiveGreatLongYouCareerWant

You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.

Anderson Varejao

PracticeYouReadyPlayKnowNever

If I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I'll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco.

Megan Fox

WorkLoseGoQuitHollywoodTattoos

My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American.

John Oliver

FamilyAmericanSomeonePossibleGot

If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or the Muslim path. And I don't mind saying that I don't invalidate any of those paths.

John Shelby Spong

PathWalkChildMindSayingPaths

Maybe it's because I'm a little naive, but I do like to think that there aren't really very many truly bad people in the world. I think that everybody has their reasons for what they do, and if you really look through their eyes, you could probably understand them.

Stephenie Meyer

EyesPeopleWorldThinkBad People

I tape every game I can get my hands on. Every game that's on TV, I tape it. My daughter, Terry Hill, lives in Eureka, and she has a satellite dish, so she tapes what I can't get. I try to keep up with what everybody is doing, so if the phone rings, I'll be ready.

Sid Gillman

DaughterGameDoingHandsPhoneTry

I've heard people say, 'Why do you have to do a show that's called 'Black Girls Rock'?' or 'Why is there an expression called 'black girl magic'?' You know, when you say, 'Save the dolphins,' you don't mean, 'I don't like whales.' That's just not the way it works!

Tracee Ellis Ross

GirlPeopleBlackMagicYouKnow

I'm not the sort of person who reads much about himself.

Tony Harrison

PersonWhoMuchHimselfAboutSort

At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill.

Robert Dallek

StartMeasureFirstGoodwillTerms

Dairy products are not good for a singer.

Ruben Studdard

GoodSingerProductsDairy

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Mary Catherine Bateson

GivingSharingSometimesMoreThan

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