Janeane Garofalo Quotes

I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don't speak at all, and he'll be friendly to you.

Janeane Garofalo

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I kept thinking, 'How do you make a modern musical?' Then it became clear that I could do it just like a small indie art-house movie, very naturalistically. I could create a world where it's o.k. to break into song, without an orchestra coming up out of nowhere.

John Carney

WorldSongSmallThinkingYouOut

One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service.

John M. McHugh

ServicePerspectiveYouthPerformance

If you are going truly viral, you don't need press. I mean, MySpace grew for a very long time without any press.

Michael Birch

TimeLongYouLong TimeMeanNeed

I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing in the NBA in the same way.

Metta World Peace

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It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

Tom Brokaw

BusinessMake A DifferenceEasyBuck

Writing a screenplay's not rocket science, but I was in a bar, and the bartender came up to me and said, 'I saw 'Night at the Museum,' and the thing about him and his kid brought me and my kid together.' Something like that... it's like, 'Oh, right. That's why we're doing it.'

Robert Ben Garant

ScienceTogetherMeWritingNight

Beyond individual intelligence, nature has also cultivated intelligence through swarms. For example, bees, birds and fish act in a more intelligent way when acting together as a swarm, flock or school.

Louis B. Rosenberg

NatureTogetherIntelligenceSchool

With as much media as there is out there, there's always something that someone says that's stupid that you can make fun of.

Jason Jones

FunStupidSomeoneMediaYouOut

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Josh Billings

TravelYourselfChildGoWayBring

Women rule the world. It's not really worth fighting because they know what they're doing. Ask Napoleon. Ask Adam. Ask Richard Burton or Richie Sambora. Many a man has crumbled.

Jon Bon Jovi

WomenManWorldFightingDoingKnow

People who want to be singers can be nurtured and taught, and they can make great strides. But, the truth is, if you are completely tone deaf, it is never going to happen for you. It's just a reality of life. It's like me thinking I can be an Olympic swimmer. It ain't gonna happen!

Diana DeGarmo

LifeTruthGreatPeopleMeThinking

For more than a century, New York City has been home to a constellation of department stores whose openings, closings, and transformations have charted the fortunes and foibles of the city itself.

Christina Binkley

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