I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
Jack Dempsey
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I was onstage doing the work, adrenaline killed the pain because I never hurt in front of an audience.
Jerry Lewis
WorkPainHurtDoingNeverAudience
Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.
Jennifer Garner
MeBadRealBad GuyGuyGoing
People need loving the most when they deserve it the least.
John Harrigan
PeopleLovingDeserveNeedMost
'Almost' is all about gradations and nuance and about suggestion and shades. Not quite a red wine, but not crimson, not purple either, or maroon; come to think of it, 'almost' Bordeaux.
Andre Aciman
RedThinkWinePurpleShadesAlmost
In short I will part with anything for you but you.
Mary Wortley Montagu
RomanticShortYouWillAnything
Sometimes I decide I don't want to write because it isn't the thing for me to be doing right then, and I go do something else.
Mary Gaitskill
MeDoingGoSometimesWantRight
You learn to understand it, but if you step back, you do think it is either strange or unfair. But I know that if you don't score, play well or win, you are wrong to have a helicopter and fly home each week to see your kids. You are wrong to have a business outside of football.
Michael Owen
HomeBusinessFootballStepWinFly
Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.
Jonathan Sacks
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
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We're not getting any younger.
Donald Fagen
YoungerAnyGetting
We have had a long wait for democracy.
Chen Shui-bian
WaitDemocracyLongHad
Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.
Christine Vachon
LeaderPeopleControlLostFollow
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