James Wolcott Quotes

Whenever I catch a chunk of an Adam Sandler comedy on cable, it looks as badly shot and goofily tossed off as a Jerry Lewis gag reel once he hit the late downslide with 'Hardly Working' and 'Cracking Up.'

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1952

Topics

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I always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are passionate, you'll keep it up.

Robert Scoble

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Most shows are normally 40 or 50 pages.

Tom Verica

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Sometimes I think I'll go off and be a milkman or a greengrocer, some easy job.

Roger Rees

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You can think you know somebody. But when they're trying to punch you in the face, you really know somebody. You learn their tendencies.

Michael Pena

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I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

Deadmau5

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Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil.

Branch Rickey

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As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists.

Arne Glimcher

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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.

Sherry Stringfield

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I go to a Calvary Chapel church out here in Los Angeles. I had been here about two years at the time. I'm very close with my church, very close with the pastor and his wife, and I work with a girls' ministry here.

Tiffany Dupont

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If I quit surgery, I'd be afraid I'd dry up.

Richard Selzer

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As always, work with your figure; draping, pleats, and proportion can work miracles when it comes to hiding flaws and enhancing assets.

Nina Garcia

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