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absurd complete general government led people played politics public sight situation voted
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. John Major
absurd good job
I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense. 'Monty Python' does a good job of it; 'Bugs Bunny,' too. Reggie Watts
absurd anne grew jane loving
Like everyone else, I grew up loving the Anne books, but L.M. Montgomery is so much more. Like Jane Austen, she has an eye for the absurd and a gift for the 'mot juste.' Lauren Willig
absurd admit course married thirty weathered
When one has been married over thirty years, of course it would be absurd not to admit there have been some difficulties, at some times. But the important thing is that we have weathered them. Louis Jourdan
absurd anybody becomes steal turned
I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone. John Lydon
absurd cartoonist clown comic outside seems sort
It seems so absurd to get really mad with a cartoonist over a comic strip. It's sort of like getting in a fight with a circus clown outside your house. It's not going to end well. Stephan Pastis
absurd found situation
God knows the times I have found myself in absurd situations. Brandon Lee
absurd plans
Our plans are small and somewhat absurd. Barbara Kingsolver
absurd further process
This process is getting a little more absurd the further we move, Charles Schumer
bookstores decade last learned libraries people trying
One thing libraries have learned from bookstores in the last decade is marketing. We're trying to entice people to read. Gene Nelson
bookstore crosses fine longer looks moments street
One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to another, looks up at a sign. Manny Farber
bookstores love novel
I love bookstores and booksellers. In my novel 'Dirty Martini,' I thanked over 3,000 booksellers by name in the back matter. J. A. Konrath
bookstore checked
I have never checked online. I've always used the bookstore because it's convenient.
bookstores upsets
I don't go into bookstores because it upsets me,
bookstore everybody found psychiatry survivors
I do a lot of research. For 'I Am Legend', I did a lot of research about survivors. If everybody is dead around you, how you can keep surviving. I went to the bookstore and found psychiatry books about survivors from the Holocaust. Alice Braga
bookstore clerk later
I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor. Lisa McMann
bookstore except extremely finally good half haunts housing page reward works
The daily quota I've set for myself is 500 words or approximately a page and a half double-spaced. Which isn't much, except that I'm extremely slow, extremely meticulous. 'Le mot juste' haunts me. On a good day, I will finally secrete the 500th word at about 5 o'clock, and I'll reward myself by going to Housing Works Bookstore to read. Said Sayrafiezadeh
bookstore came imagine loud marvelous parade saw standing
When the parade began, Lloyd came out of the bookstore and was standing on the sidewalk. And when he saw me he called out in a very loud voice: "JOE! Isn't this wonderful! Isn't this a marvelous day! Can you imagine this ever happening?
french-love stuff fries
I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries. Denis Leary
french-philosopher illusion life loose meaning moment
Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal. Jean-Paul Sartre
french-novelist looking love loving
Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
french-actress ruled signed studio
We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years. Leslie Caron
french-philosopher men society union
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
french-philosopher ought power
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
french-philosopher
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
french-philosopher paradise sensible stop wanting
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
french-philosopher
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
jewish onstage terrified willie york
I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson. I mean, forget it. I was so terrified. Lesley Ann Warren
jewish-tradition giving vampire
Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense. Calvin Trillin
jewish-values vision important
The vision I would like to see here is the entrenching of the Jewish and the Zionist state...I very much favour democracy, but when there is a contradiction between democratic and Jewish values, the Jewish and Zionist values are more important. Avigdor Lieberman
jewish liked music people sort stopping weddings
People were sort of stopping having the traditional Jewish music in weddings and ceremonies. And I kind of liked that stuff.
jewish jews since
Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city. Meir Kahane
jewish ourselves regard social standing worthy
It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the Jewish name, of the Jewish heritage. To be worthy of them, we must live up to and with them. We must regard ourselves their custodians. Louis D. Brandeis
jewish record track
I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. Anita Diament
jewish left mean point pursuing
The amendments mean pursuing Jewish settlements and not resuming the negotiations from the point where they left off. Saeb Erekat
jewish marry truth
To tell you the truth, in the old Jewish shtetls, if your husband died, sometimes they'd have you marry the brother, and my grandparents were actually stepbrother and stepsister. Amy Heckerling
nobody
I feel nobody has limits. It's all in your head. If you have a big dream, go after it and go get it. Romeo Miller
nobody olive quite
I don't have olive skin. Nobody could tell from my skin that I'm Mediterranean. I'm quite fair, and I do burn easily. Rory Bremner
nobody
When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to. Allison Anders
nobody process pulled
The process is ongoing, nobody has pulled the plug,
nobody
Nobody ever said no. You just didn't say no to Maria.
nobody people slack taught
One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off. John Catsimatidis
nobody pick
Of course, nobody is going to pick us. Jaromir Jagr
nobody tables turned
No, nobody ever really turned the tables on me. Allen Funt
nobody watched
She was in the water. She watched it happen. There was nothing that nobody could do,
people way wonderful
Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved. David Walton
people satire social
Social satire has been around since people have been around. David Walliams
people pot compelled
People say 'Why do you make pots?' Because I'm compelled to - life isn't right without it. David Roberts
people parent important
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values. David Rockefeller
people tire hoot
People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly. David Hyde Pierce
people great-respect
I am not an anti-Semite! I have a great respect for the Jewish people. David Icke
people freedom-of-speech magazines
And why do we, who say we oppose tyranny and demand freedom of speech, allow people to go to prison and be vilified, and magazines to be closed down on the spot, for suggesting another version of history.
people today way
Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy. It is happening today in the same way - more so, in fact - as it has throughout human history.
people awakening awareness
We talk about people being narrow-minded when they have a limited sense of possibility. Well, that's exactly what they are. They are narrow-frequencied, if you like. When we talk about people awakening, it's awakening to a greater range of possibilities, of awareness and frequencies.
thoughtful men thinking
Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with what the President said earlier. He is a decent man. I think everybody who knows him likes him. Al Gore
thoughtful men thinking
Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end. Blaise Pascal
thoughtful thinking portraits
Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.
though
Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise.
thoughts throughout
Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week. Daniel Day-Lewis
though
I do not envy any animal, though I envy many of their capacities. Louis MacNeice
thought-provoking religion literature
The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis
thoughtful saws serious
We came, we saw, we bedazzled! You know, and it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a Skittle. Carson Kressley
thoughtful men good-man
How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it. Bram Stoker