Ray Romano Quotes

Every backstory involves my father. I remember hearing Gary Oldman talking about backstories and saying, 'I got to stop using my father...' And I feel the same way. I don't know. What I come up with always involves some element of this son trying to prove himself to his father.

Ray Romano

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 21, 1957

Topics

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I did my dissertation on Kafka.

Jessie Ware

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All my life, I had this idea that if I could unravel the mystery that was my mother, then I could help save her. But it didn't really work. We were close, but she struggled with mental illness and alcoholism, and it was rough at times.

Jennifer McMahon

LifeWorkMotherMy LifeHelpShe

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

John James Audubon

NatureMeFollowYearsWithinHer

There will always be some who, for whatever reason, find themselves dependent on the charity of others. But when half the population is along for the ride, the system becomes dangerously out of balance. Things fall apart.

Tucker Carlson

RideBalanceCharityFallFindWill

I think I've had extremes of being unable to exist outside of my own head, and then I only am existing for other people... There's a middle ground where I should take care of myself and other people.

Lucy Dacus

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I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.

Jason Isbell

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Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

Denis Leary

GriefBetterLostKnowFirefighters

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

Condoleezza Rice

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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Aristotle

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People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.

Anthony Hopkins

PeopleMeYouToo MuchSayAsk

At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.

Avi Arad

TimeBookYouKnowSameComic Book

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

Alfred Hitchcock

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