Calvin Trillin Quotes

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

Calvin Trillin

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FunnyMindWorldLookingThinkYou

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.

John F. Kennedy

LifeCrazyEnoughBe PreparedWant

Avishai my brother always says to the audience, 'If you weren't here, it would just be a rehearsal.' So it's important to me to acknowledge and engage them. I know that they are there for me, and I'm humbled by that.

Anat Cohen

BrotherMeYouKnowImportantHere

I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.

Robert Smith

SunMakeupYouSpecialCompanyWear

The very fact that doctrine is hewn from bitter controversy and tested through time is sufficient reason to make them a focus of theology.

Stanley Hauerwas

TimeFocusReasonThroughBitter

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen.

Stephen Baker

PositiveNowSayListenYearsKids

To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing.

Storm Reid

WorkAmazingMeInspireCornerHer

Young people never do have a clue. There are some young people that do, but they've always been the exception. They always all grow up at some point. The problem is that they're all being indoctrinated by stupid leftists.

Rush Limbaugh

PeopleStupidGrowProblemYoungUp

I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.

Mohsin Hamid

Comfort ZoneFeelVanityComfort

It's doesn't just come overnight, you've got to train for it and believe in yourself; that's the most important thing.

Mo Farah

Believe In YourselfYourselfBelieve

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.

Donna Mills

LovedBecauseMusicalsDancerAlso

There's only a couple of coffee cups I'll use, because I like the way they feel in my hand. I realise I've got lots of others, but I won't use them because I just don't like... the thickness of the ceramic is too much, or the glaze isn't right.

Cornelia Parker

CoffeeFeelToo MuchHandWayRight

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

Clayton M. Christensen

GreatPeopleIdeasPersonNewNever

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