Nicholson Baker Quotes

That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.

Nicholson Baker

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DayReadingProblemYouStopAlways

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.

Angelina Jolie

BeautifulMyselfHappyPeopleMe

I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.

Meryl Streep

LifeGoodEnoughGood LifeLucky

In Hollywood, women hate each other.

Sienna Guillory

WomenHateHollywoodOtherEach

I was brought up on animal grease.

Rita Moreno

AnimalUpGreaseBrought

The short film project I just finished for W Hotels and Intel, I didn't have my script finished until a few days before we began filming. We edited it very quickly and now it's up online. It was great to conceive an idea and have it premiere just a few weeks later, compared to a feature, which takes a year or more.

Roman Coppola

GreatShortYearNowMoreProject

My faith has always been part of my life.

Michelle Carter

LifeFaithMy LifeAlwaysBeenPart

I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.

Michelle Pfeiffer

SuccessMyselfStartThinkI Can

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

Louise Hart

ChildrenParentingParentsWishYou

I mean, in my - and I'm not trying to do spilled milk, but in those days it was a little - I think it was much tougher, because you got an image, and you were in a saloon. And it was tough to come out of a saloon and to get in films, and to maintain an image, you know.

Don Rickles

ToughThinkTryingYouKnowMilk

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

Arnold H. Glasow

BusinessSomeoneEnoughConsultant

When we worked together for 'Band Baaja Baaraat,' Ranveer used to be very anxious and hyper on set. He used to do weird things, but now he is calmer, less anxious. He's a better actor now.

Anushka Sharma

TogetherBetterWeirdNowActorSet

There is no separation between the black community and the LGBT community. As a black, queer woman myself, I often have to assert, right, that it's not one or the other but that I am all of these things.

Alicia Garza

CommunityMyselfWomanI AmBlack

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