Gillian Tans Quotes

Pack snacks. Food prices once you pass through airport security or within blocks of a major tourist attraction can be double the price. Pack travel-friendly snacks or visit a grocery store in the destination you are visiting to get a better price.

Gillian Tans

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FoodDestinationBetterYouSecurity

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.

Angela Carter

PassionBetterNeverValuedObject

I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.

Jeff Garlin

MoviesIndependentDigLikeMade

I was always snobby about soap operas, and commercials, too, but one does have to eat. I remember auditioning for a commercial for a mouthwash or chewing gum or something, and I had to pretend to be the back end of somebody in a horse costume. After that, I said, 'That's it. That's it. You've sunk too far!'

Jean Smart

EndHorseRememberYouBackSaid

I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it.

Aminatta Forna

LoveMemoryTheatreLovedWatching

When something's really rad, I'm like, 'That's wicked.'

Stella Maxwell

WickedSomethingLikeReally

There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

Steven Spielberg

CharacterWarStoryBetterYouKind

I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him.

Ron Paul

TimeMeEconomicsThinkWorryTalk

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

Jules Renard

BeautifulFeetWingsTwoLineVerse

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.

Jonathan Krohn

GoodMyselfMeSpeechActingYoung

My father, I spent a lot of time with him at the hospital. I was with him when he took his last breath, but I felt something coming from him into my hand and into my body.

Dolores O'Riordan

FatherTimeBodyHandHimHospital

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

Debby Ryan

EyesMyselfWordsI AmFaceThink

Part of North Jersey life is that everyone is obsessed with being tough all the time.

Chris Gethard

LifeTimeToughEveryoneJersey

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