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James Thurber Quotes

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961

Topics

Dog Man I Am Tell Cat Sharp

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.

Life Rest You Land Years Just

A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted to write my own. It was really bad to begin with. It's improved slightly since.

Learning Music People Singing Start

I don't think it's good for people to be born into money and not know what it is never to have it.

Good Money People Think Born Know

When you're in a crisis of, you know, tremendous proportions, it's beyond any human capability to control, you just make the best decisions you can, and you just hope that your intuition is correct.

Hope Best Control Decisions You

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.

Music Best Think Pride Country Been

I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

Dreams People Weird Remember You

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it.

Time Me Strong Long Artist Know

Ultimately, in regular television, you've got seven or eight executives and maybe 50 people in the room with dials who are deciding whether a show goes - and it's not a great way, because we're making mass entertainment.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Great People You Television Way Got

I was always the champion and will always be as long as I'm in the featherweight division.

Champion Long Will Always Division

When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.

Character Moment Pain Game Person

So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round.

Dennis Bergkamp

Positive Me Way Club Round Sign

I just go with my gut.

Christine Taylor

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