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James Stephens Quotes

A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: irish
Birth: February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950

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Woman Man Meet Will Become Never

You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that.

Experience World You Want Disability

Catchers just aren't glamorous.

I get offered movies probably twice a month and they are just generally bad.

Bad Movies Month Twice Get Just

And you know what? At the end of the day, it gets down to Obama and Romney. And what it's going to get down to is this. Obama is going to say, 'I inherited a mess and I'm making it better.' And Romney is going to say, 'you haven't made it good enough. And I can do far better than you have done.'

Good Day End Of The Day End Better

When I did the pilot, Mort was very real to me. When I got through with the ten weeks, Maura is even more real to me.

Me Pilot More Real Through Got

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

Lost Vote Years Mold Four Broke

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

Business Peace Showing Up Oil More

I love continuity. I was a continuity nerd growing up. I loved buying a comic in the middle of something and loved digging for back issues or going forward and trying to figure it all out.

Love Growing Up Forward Loved Trying

People with disabilities can grow up thinking they have a weakness because they are told,You will never do this properly; you will never walk properly or talk properly.' That's all they hear. But you have to look past that.

Walk Past People Thinking Grow Look

Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me a lot, actually - the melancholy of the situation becomes more front and center.

Funny Me You Situation Sometimes

I pray every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up.

Morning Sleep Night Wake Up Go Up

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

Christopher Nolan

Architecture Job Me Filmmaking Only

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