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James Burrows Quotes

I remember on the pilot of 'Will and Grace' some executives from NBC saying to me, 'There are too many gay jokes.' I said, 'If not on this show, then what show?'

James Burrows

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: December 30, 1940

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Grace Me Saying Remember Gay Said

In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best way to do that is by prosecuting some high-level person. While companies that are indicted almost always settle, individual defendants whose careers are at stake will often go to trial.

Jed S. Rakoff

Best Experience Name Person Go Way

I'm a huge Disney fan.

Amber Stevens

Fan Disney Huge

I have to build a new environment for the people. I will place them in ecozones and provide them assistance. I will build hospitals there. There will be economic activity.

Rodrigo Duterte

People Environment Place New Build

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Woman Man Equality Choice Said She

I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

Roseanne Barr

Life Great Yourself Grow My Life

I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's $10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'

Johnny Gimble

Man Phone Said First Him Pay

I had always wanted to retell a Shakespeare play. It was an ambition from college days. But in order to be able to do it... the circumstances in my life didn't come together for a long time.

Chris Adrian

Life Time Together College Ambition

There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.

Clayton M. Christensen

Success Business Happy People Will

Love can produce the children, but it has nothing to do with the raising of the children. I grew up thinking, 'Oh, that's it. All I have to do is fall in love.' You may think love will change everything, but it really is different with children. Children don't necessarily bring you together; they challenge you.

Brooke Shields

Love Change Children Challenge Think

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

Allen West

Education Women Opportunity Myself

The older I get, the less I obsess about material stuff. In fact, stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house!

Rick Riordan

House Enemy Become More Always Get

Big Pop songs are born of inspiration and spontaneity. The question becomes how do you create spontaneity when you're going into the studio five days a week?

Ricky Reed

Week You Born Create Question Big