Alexander Payne Quotes

Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like.

Alexander Payne

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Read about history, and you become aware that nothing starts with us.

Jim Mattis

HistoryYouNothingBecomeUsAware

Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer.

Jo Stafford

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My dad was a Republican. My mom - my mom was mostly a Republican, although she voted for McGovern over Nixon. She was really proud of that. She also did, however, work for Trent Lott.

Jennifer Palmieri

WorkMomProudSheRepublicanOver

The biggest message I want to get out is that a lot of us live in a bubble, and we think things can't happen to us, but they do. When it does happen to you, take care of yourself, and then get up.

Jenifer Lewis

LiveYourselfThinkCareTake Care

I have two trifling ambitions in the theater: to make a lot of people laugh and to make a lot of money.

Jean Kerr

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There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

Robert Byrne

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My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

Russell Westbrook

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I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid.

Jonathan Lethem

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The crucial legacy of the personal computer is that anyone can write code for it and give or sell that code to you - and the vendors of the PC and its operating system have no more to say about it than your phone company does about which answering machine you decide to buy.

Jonathan Zittrain

LegacyYouPhoneSayPersonalWrite

My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolwork was very difficult for me because I couldn't concentrate. I was failing almost every subject. To this day, I'm not too good at reading a book. But I was the president of my high school comedy group, and they treated me like a king.

Don Rickles

GoodMotherDaySchoolKingMe

I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my persona. I want it to be a pleasant experience that's not just about hearing my voice. I remember some singers whose voices were so pretty, it didn't matter what they sang - you loved it.

Johnny Mathis

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I'm constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, 'Well, this is bloody weird', you can get through everything.

Dawn French

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