I had wanted to do a comedy.
Gus Van Sant
Recitation: by Male by Female
The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.
John Scott
StyleStoryMoreSeekGetOlder
Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I wanted to bring these things together, and in this first big Resurrection of mine you have a good example of this sort of thing.
Stanley Spencer
GoodTogetherMeMeaningYouFirst
We have far too many Tudors. Henry VIII is far too over-rated. He's become the ultimate brand name, like the Marks & Spencers of a high street of British history. I'm more interested in King Herod.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
HistoryKingBrandNameStreetHigh
I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs.
Roger Bannister
MedicineBehaviorImportantDifficult
Simply by starting to cook again, you declare your independence from the culture of fast food. As soon as you cook, you start thinking about ingredients. You start thinking about plants and animals and not the microwave. And you will find that your diet, just by that one simple act, that is greatly improved.
Michael Pollan
FoodCultureSimplePlantsStart
There's something about being a comedian that means you have to not be scared of failing because failing is part of the process.
David Walliams
ProcessYouScaredBeingSomething
It's fun to be sarcastic, but now I'm able to express myself in a way that's much more sincere.
Christina Ricci
MyselfFunNowWaySarcasticMore
Music comes from a place we don't know.
Chris Martin
MusicPlaceKnow
I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue.
Brad Thor
BorderSecurityImmigrantsImportant
I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.
Alice Oswald
WorldLanguageWeirdOwnershipTry
Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. That's why they go into acting!
Penny Marshall
StarsActingGoWhyEveryoneLike
Students can spend their money better than government can. It should not require a federal loan and decades of debt for students to get a college degree. Price limits access - plain and simple.
Rick Scott
MoneySimpleGovernmentCollegeLoan
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