Kenneth Charles Williamswas an English actor, best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist... (wikipedia)
I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look.
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.
I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.
We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better.
People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement.
It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.
A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself.
We've got everything stabilized. I think we've gotten just about all of the evacuees that we expected to get over the next couple of days. Right now, we're focusing on making things as comfortable as possible for these folks and providing essential services.
We've got everything stabilized, ... I think we've gotten just about all of the evacuees that we expected to get over the next couple of days. Right now, we're focusing on making things as comfortable as possible for these folks and providing essential services.
I'd like to thank the people of Lufkin for donating money, food and their time. People have really stepped in to help the evacuees.
I'd like to thank the people of Lufkin for donating money, food and their time, ... People have really stepped in to help the evacuees.
I find the internal investigation proves there is a deficit in the amount of integrity in the city of Wilson's Police Department,
I feel gratified by that. It's been a long battle.
Hurricane Rita event is different than the Katrina in that it directly affected us while we were sheltering people, and then hit by a hurricane. So, it presents a unique experience for us and problems for us to solve.
We have some shelters on standby but haven't had to open any of them yet,
We've had offers for housing of evacuees be it permanent housing or temporary housing... the community has poured out a lot of offers for housing. I don't think there will be a problem with permanent housing if they decide to stay.
We certainly appreciate the work that's been done by the people, and how they've gotten down to the community's grass roots: Come to your house, visit with you, ask if you have input.
We are asking any evacuees to go shelter farther west of Lufkin. That's putting them out of harm's way, basically.
We are asking any evacuees to go shelter farther west of Lufkin, ... That's putting them out of harm's way, basically.
At this point, people should basically hunker down in their homes and try to weather the storm there, unless they have the gas to get out tonight.
The state of Texas is consolidating refugees to central locations because it will make it easier to care for them.
As of now, we haven't gotten any kind of request from the state to open our shelters.
They say I'm demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes.
They're going to open an emergency shelter at the Pentecostal campground (this) afternoon, after we satisfy some security concerns. That facility will be able to house about 320 people. The dormitory rooms have beds and phones, and there are also shower facilities available.
They know they can't enter a house without a search warrant,
That's an incentive to keep them coming back.
intended for citizens in low-lying areas and residents of mobile homes.
I feel in this regard, Congress has personally failed me, as an FBI special agent and as an American.
The program is already funded. Everything is in place.
And I take full responsibility for my actions and whatever consequences my peers see fit.
It's anticipated that Hurricane Rita will still be a Category 3 storm when it hits Port Arthur.
You can make one (self-contained self-rescuer) that would last all day, but you'd have to carry it behind in a wagon.
I didn't like the King's Cross world: it was grimy and dirty. I always envisioned myself in much more romantic and grand surroundings. I never really thought that I belonged to the working-class area at all.
A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself.
They say Im demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes.
Fundamentally, diaries are about loneliness.
A genial and cultured Arab, Ameen Rihani, whose English is perfect and whose eloquence is astounding. He will discuss with equal eagerness and knowledge the merits of Picasso or Van Gogh, or the Zionist question, or the British achievements in Arabia.
All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND
Love is when you would go to the very end of the world with her, and in case she feels weary and tired in between the journey, you would carry her till the end.
The nicest thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.
I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.
I wonder if anyone will ever know the emptiness of my life. Personal Diary -- Last entry Oh whats the point?
All I want is an apology. They don't have to go into any specifics of what happened; I just want them to admit what they did was wrong,