Julie Burchill Quotes

I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.

Julie Burchill

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I'd been writing sketches since high school, but 'Friends of the People' really taught me about structure - how to wait out a joke, how to stick with it for a while. It also made me more confident onstage as a performer.

Jermaine Fowler

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The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first.

Joel Coen

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My losses and my victories are in the past. I think of the future. After a fight is over, it's in the past. I always have to go back to the gym and train to improve in all areas, winning or losing. I think I can always do better next time.

Anderson Silva

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I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.

Robert Kirkman

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Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get the sort of intellectual tolerance that allows me to propound something that may be completely alien to you.

John Rhys-Davies

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Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked to combine this Barbie with a dry, sarcastic man.

Trixie Mattel

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Given a choice between great food and boring company or boring food and great company, I'll take the great company any day.

Ruth Reichl

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If I wanted to win all my fights, I would be a Yankee fan. I'm a Cub fan.

Mike Quigley

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There are some things I'd like to get into in terms of what's important to me.

Michael Zaslow

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You can literally walk into my apartment and sit on a hat; you can step on a hat; you can probably open up the refrigerator and find a hat tucked under some rotten food. I have a lot of hats.

Judah Friedlander

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You have to be good wherever the fight goes, and that's how I try to be.

Jose Aldo

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When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.

Dennis Ritchie

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