Al Yankovic Quotes

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

Al Yankovic

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Acting was always something fun to do on the side growing up, but I never really took it seriously. I would do a commercial every few months, and that paid my school tuition. But in high school, I was mostly into sports and didn't go out for stuff during those seasons.

Jeremy Howard

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What's good about not being a model is that it's not the thing I trade on. Once I start looking older, that won't affect me. I have never gotten anything done because I'm, like, so gorgeous. I'm good-looking enough that I can work in the business.

Amy Schumer

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I have to have another child. I have to bring someone into this world that will be here for Dashiell.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Mike Ditka

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I avoided the party scene at the University of Miami. I came in to study musical theater, and I felt so behind. I literally knew nothing.

Joshua Henry

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People think that I changed my name. I could've been an actress, a superhero, or a stripper.

January Jones

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I can be upset by malice. Most critics are very poor poets. Poetry is a craft that takes a lot to appreciate, and there are some critics who have no ear for it. An irresponsible critic can do a lot of psychic damage, but eventually, they don't affect your work.

Derek Walcott

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I think the class divide is going to change. I think a lot more working class people are going to get published. It is really class ridden, literature.

Denise Mina

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Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it.

Bruce Sterling

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If we have more confidence in ourselves, we can live a happier life and a better life.

Brian Ortega

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If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

Shelley Long

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In Mexico, to become a pro wrestler, you have to have a wrestling license, and to get a license, you have to pass a wrestling test.

Rey Mysterio

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