Francis Spufford Quotes

If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking single person between 20 and 35, with excellent muscle-definition and/or an excellent figure, and a large disposable income.

Francis Spufford

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KnowledgeThinkHumanityYouPerson

I think 'Star Wars' always has to be bigger and bigger and better every time, and there's a great cast on 'The Force Awakens.' It's ground-breaking.

John Boyega

GreatTimeThinkBetterAlwaysStar

I'm a dog person, I've had dogs all my life. But you see, it's not really a dog. It's more like a little robot. It's an actor. It displays no emotion whatsoever. I swear that dog doesn't know any of us even though we've done five seasons of Frasier.

John Mahoney

LifeDogMy LifeSeasonsYouPerson

We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there.

Stephen Stills

HomeRememberI CanPlaceNewKid

People have to understand how important it is for kids to be nurtured by their mom and dad and get the great role modeling when they are young.

Tony Dungy

GreatPeopleMomYoungUnderstand

Spanish women are so sexy. The way they move and talk drives me crazy!

Mikaela Hoover

WomenMeCrazySexyWayTalk

I'd like liberals to listen to my show and not feel offended. The fact that the love of my life was a liberal, I think that probably surprises people who expect me to spew just contempt for the other side.

Mike Gallagher

LifeLovePeopleMeThinkMy Life

I don't retain facts very well when it comes to music history.

Lucy Dacus

MusicHistoryFactsWellVery

Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language.

Dorothy Allison

StoryLanguagePersonKnowBecome

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

Confucius

BookAttentionNeedHonoredRule

Any collective action is made up of individuals who one day decided not to sit and watch anymore.

Boots Riley

DayActionOne DayUpWatchSit

You don't want to remake something that's just been made, as an actor.

Alice Englert

YouWantActorSomethingBeenJust

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.

William Tecumseh Sherman

WordsTiredBetterStopLaborMean

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