Justin Simien Quotes

Everybody else was quoting 2Pac, and I was running around with Green Day in my Walkman. Racially speaking, I wasn't cool or appropriate for any group.

Justin Simien

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I can't stand the short story form, which, after all, is a magazine form.

Jim Harrison

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I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.

Ann Beattie

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I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

Amber Riley

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It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect.

Solange Knowles

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One has to live with the fact that some corporate decisions are going to be wrong. As long as most of the decisions are right.

Michael Otto

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Probably the toughest time in my life was - was standing there with Ann as we hugged each other and the diagnosis came. And I was afraid it was Lou Gehrig's disease. As we came into the doctor's office, the brochures on his table there were Lou Gehrig's, ALS, and multiple sclerosis.

Mitt Romney

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I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

Don McLean

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You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.

Don Rickles

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I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity. When I think like that, it doesn't mean I'm going to miss my train, it just means that I'm not thinking about it right now because I'm speaking to you.

Deepak Chopra

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It wasn't a typical 'Let's go play catch in the backyard' sort of father-son relationship. We always went to job sites with him.

Donald Trump, Jr.

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You don't have to be Wilt Chamberlain to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame. If you don't have a sweet turnaround jumper from 18 feet, the best route to the Hall is fatherhood. Daniel Biasone, aka the 'father of the 24-second clock,' made the cut.

Brendan I. Koerner

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