Work is one of the best educators of practical character.
Samuel Smiles
Recitation: by Male by Female
I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.
Jessica Brown Findlay
AttitudeMoneyJobThinkGetJust
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show,' I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself.
John Oliver
DailyMeTryingAuthorityActorUp
I'm from the 'less is more' school. I had to be in the 'more is more' zone with 'Dallas Buyers Club', so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.
Jean-Marc Vallee
TrustSchoolComfort ZoneComfort
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Romain Gary
HumorManDignityHimAffirmation
I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason.
Miles Teller
StrongReasonEverythingPretty
I never don't have a good time. Even when I go to work with a cold or a sore throat, as soon as I hit the mark and walk out that door, everything else is gone, and I'm up.
Judy Sheindlin
WorkGoodTimeWalkDoorCold
I've been interested in writing and storytelling since I learned to read, but it wasn't until I read Dylan Thomas, when I was 14, that I became interested in language itself, and saw it as more than a transparent medium for a story.
Jay McInerney
WritingStoryLanguageStorytelling
Making labor less expensive helps firms hire people.
Christina Romer
PeopleLaborExpensiveHireMaking
Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, protein are hardware, cells are factories.
Arvind Gupta
TechnologyPowerfulBiologyDNAMost
I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.
Alice McDermott
CharacterMyselfFindMoreEvents
The seeds of marriage equality... were planted on MTV.
Wilson Cruz
MarriageEqualitySeedsMTVPlanted
Canned music is like audible wallpaper.
Alistair Cooke
MusicLikeWallpaperCanned
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