Whitney Cummings Quotes

I remember my agent at ICM at the beginning of my career telling me that I wasn't pretty enough, that I was always going to be a quirky sidekick. And he was an ogre of a man. He should have been carrying a torch. If he was in a bar, he couldn't have come near me, and then he was deciding my fate.

Whitney Cummings

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BeginningManMeFateRememberBar

Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.

Jessica Lange

TimeYouPerfectSometimesAlong

The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!

Amanda Schull

BeautyPeopleMeAdviceTrueWorst

I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the short stories of Updike, Cheever, Munro, Alice Adams, and Doris Lessing. And the plays of Oscar Wilde. And paintings by Alice Neel and Matisse.

Amy Bloom

ShortFineSureBeenWriterStories

I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.

Sidney Poitier

DayBetterSomeoneAlwaysNextThan

I began to despise Lenin, even when I was in the first grade, not so much because of his political philosophy or practice... but because of his omnipresent images.

Joseph Brodsky

PracticePoliticalPhilosophyFirst

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

GratitudeThankfulJoyMemory

I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.

Chris Gardner

ChildrenMenTryingSeeI See

I felt I ought not to be wasting time, and I hurried to graduate from high school to enroll at UCSD. I also hurried to finish college, to go on to higher studies. By the time I was in my teens, I had a strong sense of mission, wanting to discover something important or solve a major problem in biology or medicine.

Bruce Beutler

TimeSchoolCollegeMedicineStrong

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

Alfred Russel Wallace

TimeMatterFormModification

You know you're old if your walker has an airbag.

Phyllis Diller

YouKnowOldYourWalker

Women drive network television.

Nina Tassler

WomenDriveTelevisionNetwork

Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

Marilyn vos Savant

EnoughPersonPointWellGetAble

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