I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.
Brian Ferneyhough
WorkLightI AmProcessSaidSee
I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.
Barack Obama
EndSaidAskPolicyClearlyTell
I have very supportive parents who said, 'Go and do what you want to do. Home is always here for you, and if you don't like it out there, come back. You can always do something different.' So when you have an option like that, you are able to choose roles or choose the things you want to be in.
Michelle Yeoh
HomeParentsYouChooseBackSaid
I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
Ambrose Bierce
SaidNeverDemocratsWere
I've always said that my greatest crises are my greatest opportunities to prove my own character to myself.
Jon Taffer
CharacterMyselfOpportunitiesSaid
We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.
Mary Wortley Montagu
RomanticNewSaidSayCircumstances
I didn't realise that I was so accomplished on the guitar until someone said to me, 'How do you do that?' That someone was John Lennon. He asked me to teach him my technique.
Donovan
MeGuitarSomeoneYouSaidTeach
Occupation - pressing occupation that will not be said nay - is a sovereign remedy for grief.
William Godwin
GriefSaidWillRemedyOccupation
I see sometimes how guys may make a buffoon of themselves to sell a few more tickets. They create this image, and when it's all said and done, it's like everything falls out from under them. They have no stability. I never wanted to be one of those guys.
Andre Ward
CreateSaidDoneSometimesImage
Gen X entrepreneurs are frequently smart, tough, tenacious, and self-made. That said, to succeed in their companies, they often have sacrificed being emotionally involved in their marriages and with their children.
Mark Goulston
ChildrenSmartSucceedToughSaid
I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.'
Tommy Cooper
MeKitchenYouCheeseSaidLegs
I've always said that my favorite aspect of online political writing is how interactive and collaborative it is with one's readers: that has always been, and always will be, crucial in so many ways to what I do.
Glenn Greenwald
WritingPoliticalSaidWillAlways
It wasn't like I just woke up and said, 'Here's my gimmick; I'll wear a hat and put something weird on it.'
Judah Friedlander
HatWeirdSaidUpSomethingHere
I was about to walk on stage at the Kansas Speedway - I was playing a NASCAR race - and I said to Scooter Carusoe, who was standing side stage, 'I want to write a song called 'Wanna Be That Song.' Then I put my earphones back in and walked right out on stage.
Brett Eldredge
WalkSongBackSaidWantRace
President Gerald R. Ford was never one for second-guessing, but for many years after leaving office in 1977, he carried in his wallet a scrap of a 1915 Supreme Court ruling. 'A pardon,' the excerpt said, 'carries an imputation of guilt,' and acceptance of a pardon is 'a confession of it.'
Scott Shane
AcceptanceGuiltSaidLeavingOffice
The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.
Mia Hamm
WinningPersonSaidNeverEverything
Being a cop is often seeing the worst of the human condition and behavior. With all of that said, there is no reason that Mike Brown and also Eric Garner are dead today - except bad policing, excessive force, and the hunt-and-capture-prey mentality many thrill-seeking cops have adapted.
Killer Mike
TodayBehaviorSeeingBadSaidDead
They've said 'Roseanne's nuts' for years, and now I'm going to make that a reality - I'm all about nuts now, macadamia nuts!
Roseanne Barr
RealitySaidNowNutsYearsGoing
I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.
Doug Harvey
IntegrityPeopleEvilGameSaid
'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this.
Pilou Asbaek
SayingPartySaidNever
You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.
Melina Mercouri
MeWarmYouKnowSaidTrue
I have a really hard time watching gory stuff and horror movies. I have said no to some horror movie things. I wouldn't rule it out; I could probably be convinced to do one. But sometimes, I just get ill.
Marin Ireland
TimeSaidSometimesMoviesWatching
Before I fought Adonis Stevenson in 2013, I had 4lbs to shift in a morning before weighing in. I had zero energy left to train, so the nutritional adviser said the only way was to drag it from my body in a hot bath full of salts.
Tony Bellew
MorningEnergyBodyTrainBathSaid
I told my therapist I was having nightmares about nuclear explosions. He said don't worry it's not the end of the world.
Jay London
WorldEndWorrySaidNightmaresHe
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