Harold Pinter Quotes

No one wanted me to be a conscientious objector. My parents certainly didn't want it. My teacher and mentor, Joe Brearley, didn't want it. My friends didn't want it. I was alone.

Harold Pinter

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Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.

Jerry Spinelli

LifeMemoriesImaginationIdeasDown

Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.

Johnny Carson

TogetherPlaceNewBankWithoutGet

I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.

Amanda Knox

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'Jane Eyre' must have been something I read six or seven times as an early adolescent. And 'Kristin Lavransdatter,' and 'Lorna Doone' when I was younger. My parents had a pretty rich library, no jackets on any of the books, so no descriptions. You just pulled something off the shelf and started to read it.

Sue Miller

ParentsLibraryRichYouEarlyOff

We live in a society that compels us to go on using these concepts, and we no longer know what they mean.

Michelangelo Antonioni

LiveSocietyGoKnowMeanUs

I mean, I am still such the-good-girl. I want everybody to like me. I want everybody to be happy.

Michelle Williams

I AmHappyMeBe HappyWantMean

Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles.

Lorna Luft

MotherPeopleCrazyGoWayNever

When I was little, my father was one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Suddenly - and how it happened to him was always a great mystery to me - he wasn't a star anymore; he was on the fringe. From the time I was 14, I was always conscious of a sense of worry, of terrific insecurity - agents, phony talk, the waits for the phone to ring.

Jason Robards

FatherGreatTimeMeInsecurity

One can only hope that America, and other countries, will not need more natural persuasion before taking to heart the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.

Joseph Stiglitz

HopeHeartAmericaPersuasionWill

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

Derek Fisher

PrettyClearWillingAboutOften

I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today.

Christy Turlington

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I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.

Bobby Darin

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