Paul D. Boyer Quotes

I am told that I had a bad temper, and remember being banished to the back hall until civility returned.

Paul D. Boyer

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The people who work for me call me the Godfather. And nobody messes with the Godfather. He is the boss. The big man.

Jimmy Savile

WorkManBossPeopleMeNobody

Unfortunately, I've gotten so conditioned, it's hard to sleep past 4 a.m.

Joe Scarborough

PastSleepHardUnfortunatelyGotten

I had the pleasure of working for Hart Hanson as the writers' assistant on the Fox show 'Bones.' He was always willing to take five minutes in the kitchen and answer questions I had about writing and the business. Looking back now, I realize he might have just been politely waiting for the coffee to brew.

Anders Holm

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I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw me as a writer.

John Logan

BrokenHappyPeopleMeJustWriter

Desegregation of schools does not automatically transform them into better schools. It is only a step. The larger goal is to see that the education of our youth is not merely desegregated, but that it is excellent.

Robert Kennedy

EducationStepYouthBetterGoal

Indian writers in English are rank individualists. Even among the progressives, there is a strain of anti-leftism, or at least a suspicion of any organized politics.

Amitava Kumar

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Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you?

Alyssa Milano

TimePetChildBirdsYouWant

I did 'The Frank Skinner Show,' and they gave me a little jukebox-shaped CD player, which looks nice in the kitchen.

Robert Webb

MeKitchenLooksNiceLittleShow

The Women's Sports Foundation has empowered so many young girls and women across the U.S. I benefitted from WSF with a travel and training grant when I was 12 years old. It really helped my family financially.

Michelle Kwan

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The trouble with capitalism as a system is that only those who have or can get capital can make it work for them, and that leaves out damn near all of us.

Molly Ivins

WorkCapitalismTroubleDamnOutUs

I love the tabloids except for when I'm in 'em.

Johnny Knoxville

LoveExceptI LoveTabloids

I was appointed United States attorney on September 10, 2001. And I spent the next seven years of my career fighting terrorism and putting terrorists in jail.

Chris Christie

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