Gail Collins Quotes

Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.

Gail Collins

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My personality doesn't interest me.

Andrei A. Gromyko

PersonalityMeInterest

I'm an actor. I'm hired to play whatever it is they want me to play - if I'm lucky enough to be cast for the part - which seems to take a lot of luck these days.

Melanie Mayron

MeLuckEnoughPlayWantActor

The railroad originally was as completely dissociated from steam propulsion as was the ship.

John Moody

ShipRailroadSteamOriginally

I've written a very long piece of music recently, the 'Veil of the Temple,' which lasts about seven hours. It's really a kind of vigil. It takes place during the night, waiting for the resurrection of Christ.

John Tavener

MusicWaitingNightLongPlaceKind

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

Stephen Ambrose

TodayHandsUpJustThrowLike

Nothing's too girly and nothing's too masculine. But I do love color, and maybe that's a little girly - especially pink.

Stacy London

LoveColorPinkNothingLittleToo

After doing a bunch of movies as a stuntman, I realized that being a stuntman, you are in the shadow of the actor, and they don't get to see your true ability, and I wanted people to see that it was really me doing those stunts, and it was really my true abilities.

Tony Jaa

ShadowPeopleMeDoingYouMovies

There is a movie called 'My Dog Skip,' starring my 'Outsiders' costar Diane Lane. I do not recommend it. If you have a child, particularly one about to leave home, watching this film is to be emotionally waterboarded.

Rob Lowe

DogHomeChildYouWatchingLeave

I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do.

Ruby Dee

LifeTimeSoulMindThinkBody

The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and experience, but we are afraid we aren't good enough because we have such high expectations.

Mireille Guiliano

GoodFearWomenExperienceEnough

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Jon Bon Jovi

SuccessMusicThinkCruiseCritics

My generation of director has no illusions that we are going to be fed and cared for by subsidized theater in America.

Diane Paulus

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