Keith Henson Quotes

Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families.

Keith Henson

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FamilyLearningChildrenLieWindow

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

Jodie Foster

LifeOverBecauseCommitYourMovie

I will not talk to journalists about anything that does not concern my work as a scientist or lecturer.

Joachim Sauer

WorkWillTalkAnythingScientist

If there's one thing government needs desperately, it's the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by starting with simple systems that work and evolving from there, not the other way around.

Jennifer Pahlka

WorkSimpleGovernmentBuildWay

We need to discuss the basis of a new form of trust built on a meaningful form of citizenship appropriate for a republic.

Michael D. Higgins

TrustCitizenshipNewNeedRepublic

My dad has a lot of foresight and decided that I would not do any shows in Mumbai till I became a singer and got to sing my own songs. He knew that if I started earning money from shows, I would not have the time and aggression to rough it out to become a singer.

Sonu Nigam

TimeMoneyMy OwnBecomeMumbaiOut

Le Mans takes the best out of everyone. Winning is important but it's not everything. It's such a big and great event in motorsport. You do more kilometres in that one race than Formula One do in a season, and probably a higher average speed. We average about 220km/h including pit stops and cover nearly 5000km.

Tom Kristensen

GreatBestWinningSpeedYouRace

It sounds awful and sort of goody two-shoes, but I never eat between meals.

Ruth Rendell

NeverEatMealsBetweenSoundsSort

I do get cast in the same role a lot, but the truth is, I just want longevity. The thing is, I'd rather be stuck in a stereotype than be nowhere. The whole typecasting thing started because of 'Reservoir Dogs.' And I did a bunch of other films like 'Wyatt Earp' and 'Free Willy,' but no one seems to remember those.

Michael Madsen

TruthFreeTruth IsRememberWant

I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality.

Jonathan Stroud

FightRealityFarmerBackGoWill

For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'

Demetri Martin

HomeGodSchoolLawChurchYou

It's almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy: the great comedy that comes from great pain.

Brian Dunkleman

GreatPainComedyProphecyAlmost

I've known Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and they're two of the most independent people I've ever known in my life, and the thought we could somehow bend their views I find really beyond my capacity to believe.

Peter George Peterson

LifePeopleBelieveThoughtMy Life

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