Evan Davis Quotes

A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law.

Evan Davis

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WordsLawChairPlaceWhyHigh

Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham.

Jimmy Page

GoodGood TimesChanceBadPlay

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

Jodie Foster

LoveMoviesKindUpEuropeanI Love

I'm not a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen, and it's certainly not because of his politics. I just don't like the aesthetic.

Andrew Breitbart

PoliticsAestheticBecauseJustFan

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

John McCarthy

ProfessionalWorseEvenThanAmateur

Monetary contractions are attractive as the key shocks in the 1929-1933 years, and in other severe depressions, because there do not seem to be any other candidates.

Robert Lucas, Jr.

KeyYearsAttractiveSeemBecause

I was in the music industry as Amanda Diva for 10 years but I realized that I had bigger work to do and needed to get busy doing that work. I really do believe that I'm here for a bigger purpose, and I want to be a role model and speak for the black community and black women specifically. Humor was the way it felt most organic and effective for me.

Amanda Seales

WorkWomenMusicCommunityHumorMe

Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I just don't see the point. I'm just not going to be one of those people photographed in a bikini where people are like, 'OMG, look at Amy!' I mean, it might be OMG, but not for the reasons I want.

Amy Adams

PowerPeopleLookWantMeanSee

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

Trisha Goddard

StarsEyesPeopleYouSayTop

I was really squeamish growing up - not too fond of blood and guts.

Trevante Rhodes

Growing UpGrowingBloodUpGuts

My story is a little unorthodox. At first, I just wanted to book a commercial. I didn't have any expectations, and I wanted to try something new.

Rotimi

BookExpectationsStoryNewTry

I punch left-handed.

Mike Weir

PunchLeft-Handed

I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.

Joy Behar

WorkPeopleThinkWaySome People

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