Bill Irwin Quotes

Here's my story: My mother and I were at Cirque du Soleil, looking down on Shiner doing his act. She was always tolerant of my being a clown, but I don't remember her rolling with laughter. But with Shiner, she could not sit up straight!

Bill Irwin

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The instinct of the Labour Party is if there's a problem, change the leader, then sit back, fold your arms and wait to be disappointed because they're sure it's not going to deliver.

Johann Lamont

ChangeLeaderWaitProblemBackSit

I love big budgeted, epic rock landscapes. That's what turns me on.

Melissa Auf der Maur

LoveMeRockBigEpicLandscapes

If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset.

Maurice Strong

MoneyFishingFishProblemFarmYou

I went to high school in Virginia Beach, Va., and we had these guys - they were surfers. They didn't like me, never talked to me. And if they didn't like you, they threw toothpicks at you. After I did a play, it was different. I found out I was pretty good at something.

Stephen Furst

GoodBeachSchoolMeHigh School

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

Stephen Gardiner

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Iran is not in any sort of routine groupings. It's not an Arab country. It's not part of the Indian subcontinent. So it's in a neighborhood where it has some unique characteristics. We are a country which embraced Islam, learned Arabic, but didn't change its language or its culture... That's what keeps us unique.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

ChangeCultureLanguageRoutineUs

I was a mother's boy.

Don Rickles

MotherBoy

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

Chris Tucker

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What 'Twilight' gave me was years to consider how I wanted to work otherwise.

Ashley Greene

WorkMeYearsTwilightWantedHow

Sometimes I've gotten photographs back and people have literally shaven off pieces of me, and I tell them to put it back.

Alicia Keys

PeopleMeBackSometimesTellOff

I've had cameos on some cool shows.

Paul Wesley

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I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.

Shel Silverstein

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