Terry Wogan Quotes

Just as you should never confuse the law with common justice, intelligence should not be confused with common sense. Some of the brightest people in the world have no idea how to cross the road.

Terry Wogan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: entertainer
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: August 3, 1938 - January 31, 2016

Topics

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Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.

Joe Slovo

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Living and working for four decades in a Bologna apartment and studio he shared with his unwed sisters, Morandi painted little but bottles, boxes, jars, and vases. Yet like that of Chardin and the underappreciated William Nicholson, Morandi's work seems to slow down time and show you things you've never seen before.

Jerry Saltz

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To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.

Jeanne Moreau

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My father was a classical musician and my mother was a writer.

John Sebastian

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I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.

Shimon Peres

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I think that in the cultural imagination, motherhood has a primacy that fatherhood just doesn't; and that's not to say that there aren't many fathers who are active and engaged and for whom that is their life's passion. But somehow, in the imagination, there's something different about maternity.

Rumaan Alam

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I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

Michael W. Smith

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I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel.

Miriam Margolyes

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I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

Jason Mraz

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I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.

Christopher Guest

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Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.

Colin R. Davis

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I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

William Hague

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