Ira Levin Quotes

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

Ira Levin

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WorkGoodFatherRelationshipThink

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.

Simone de Beauvoir

LoveSeriousSameSenseDivideWord

A nerd can call another nerd a nerd.

Travis Scott

CallNerdAnother

By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time.

Rosalind Wiseman

TimeBullyingChildIgnoreTrying

It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me.

Judith Guest

I AmMeLookingSomeoneYouPerson

One of my biggest pet peeves is well-dressed designers. If you spend that much time thinking about your own clothes, you're not spending enough time thinking about what you're designing.

Joseph Altuzarra

TimePetThinkingEnoughClothes

Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.

Jonathan Tropper

FunnyFatherDeathPeopleWriting

There's no shortage of material in life.

Jonathan Ames

LifeShortageMaterial

I watch practically no TV - ah, what the hell do I watch? Oh, I was for a long time addicted to CNN.

Peter Falk

TimeHellLongLong TimeWatchTV

I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad.

Tupac Shakur

PeopleColdYouBadUpBeen

I think it's really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous?

Lisa Edelstein

FunnyPowerMoneyMindMeThink

I have no doubts, by the way, that Ariel Sharon really wants to move the peace process forward.

Leon Charney

PeaceForwardProcessWayMove

Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers.

Hun Sen

FutureMaskMoreSeemExposeOur

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