The great thing is to have been surrounded by stories all my life.
Nick Harkaway
Recitation: by Male by Female
I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.
John C. Reilly
WorkDayMeLaughComedyWish
My country is in the toilet. And when my country is in the toilet, the world is in the toilet.
Jeremy Scott
WorldCountryToilet
Access to a college degree is critical.
John Sharp
CollegeCollege DegreeDegreeAccess
I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting.
Ana Castillo
LifeChicagoWhereSenseWholeVery
I'm not saying that more performance wouldn't be better - all these technologies are going to get better - that's the difference between first generation and second generation.
Trip Hawkins
PerformanceSayingGenerationBetter
Every musician writes about past relationships. And other than that, I can promise you, I have very little in common with Taylor Swift.
Tom Odell
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Something as unique as 'Scrubs' is a tough act to follow. It's hard to find something that good that you want to really make a commitment to.
Judy Reyes
GoodCommitmentToughYouUnique
In order to encourage private investors to pursue long-term, responsible projects, governments need to promote consistent policies and frameworks.
Jose Angel Gurria
ResponsibleNeedPursueLong-Term
Well, WorldCom's growth exploded in the Clinton years, there's no question, there's no disputing that.
Don Nickles
GrowthQuestionYearsWellExploded
In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency.
Doc Hastings
AccountabilityCongressVeteransAct
Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.
Dee Dee Myers
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My mom and dad got divorced, so it was one of those things where Sundays I'd go to Dad's apartment, and this was, say, 1970-whatever, and it had a pool table on the top floor in a very traditional kind of divorced-dad apartment building.
Chris Eigeman
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