Elvis Costello Quotes

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

Elvis Costello

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I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

Jim Carrey

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In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.

Jim Costa

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I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead.

Jewel

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You can never predict a hit.

John Gourley

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Everyone is broken; every mortal man or woman is broken in some way, shape, or form.

Matt Hardy

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There was one vampire movie that Gerard Butler was in, 'Dracula 2000,' and they touched on something interesting, but it only worked in the context of that particular movie, which was that the original vampire was Judas.

Amy Heckerling

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I worked on heads-up displays, virtual-reality technology, and holographic displays - all sorts of really cool technology.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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I did a lot of violent junk just because I needed the money - alimony movies, you might call them - and then I decided to start turning down the junk scripts and wait for something better, no matter how long.

Jason Robards

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Sometimes you have to ask the question as if it's going to be your last question - as if it's going to be the last time you talk to that person.

Jorge Ramos

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My sister was brilliant: she was in the 25 top math students in the country. When she finished college, I said, 'Spend a couple of months here in Europe. You'll get another take on life.' She never came - married some schmuck who made clothes for fat women on Seventh Avenue.

William Klein

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A couple days ago, I saw a lot of people tweeting, 'Oh, it's so cool 'Home' is being used in the Olympics!' We don't really get to watch much TV, man, with the concerts every night, but I wish I could have seen it. I really just found out through Twitter and my management texting me. I thought it was really awesome.

Phillip Phillips

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Creating value isn't enough - you also need to capture some of the value you create.

Peter Thiel

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