Karen Salmansohn Quotes

All my life, my immediate response to emotional pain has been to make jokes. Lots of jokes.

Karen Salmansohn

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LifePainMy LifeEmotionalJokes

If someone doesn't want to hire me because they think I'm too vocal, fine. I will do a play. I will always find a job. Let them try to get me out of this industry. I am not going to be silenced!

Jessica Chastain

JobI AmMeThinkSomeonePlay

The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film 'The Palestinian.' Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press.

Joely Richardson

MotherMoneySchoolBuildingThree

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

Andrew Bernstein

LifeNatureHeroStruggleManEarth

I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.

John Cusack

SchoolHigh SchoolDoingAttention

I bought a trench coat from Dubai worth 495 dirham.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

Martin Rees

CommunityAmericaPresidentFirst

Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.

Miguel de Icaza

TechnologyInterestingWellSome

Money tends to make people suspicious, if there's any money floating around.

Mitchell Baker

MoneyPeopleFloatingSuspiciousAny

I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde's - 'The Nightingale and the Rose,' 'The Selfish Giant.' The latter is probably my all-time favorite.

Denis O'Hare

RoseWorldSelfishFairyGiant

I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you're trying material.

Chris Rock

WorkBelieveComedyTryingYouClub

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65.

Chuck Palahniuk

ThoughtWriteAlwaysTurnedRetired

When you get into comparisons in any way of, 'we want it to be like this' or 'we don't want it to be like this,' it takes away from the authenticity of what you're trying to say and what you're trying to make.

Ari Graynor

TryingYouSayWantWayGet

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