Garrison Keillor Quotes

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.

Garrison Keillor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1942

Topics

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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.

John Eldredge

PersonalityReadingTelevisionSound

Here's the question for my fellow Republicans: Do we want to be the first-ever GOP House majority to raise federal marginal income tax rates?

John Fleming

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It's undeniable that what we are taught as a culture to believe about disability is at odds with traditional notions of masculinity.

Stella Young

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I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

Steven Spielberg

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I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such a wonderful, unique guy who everyone loved being around. The thing about Andre, he just had this magical mystique about him.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

Tracy Morgan

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I've played American characters before, so I've naturally become more at ease. Still, there are some American words that I cannot get my tongue around, but if you keep it flowing, you are never too far away from the truth.

Rose Leslie

TruthWordsAmericanTongueYouGet

I couldn't be playing him for this long if I didn't like him.

Michael Shanks

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I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

Mitt Romney

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I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy... I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.

Archie Panjabi

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I finally got a chance to talk to my daughter from my previous marriage. I just got married May 3 to my beautiful wife, but we don't see each other much.

Peter Criss

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I grew up; I had a couple of dogs.

Sean Hayes

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