In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.
Cynthia Ozick
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My experience of children on a film set, especially on a big film set like the 'Potter' one, is not wholly positive.
Jessie Cave
PositiveChildrenExperienceBigSet
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.
John Irving
MeBookLongI CanWriteFirst
I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that it's always done, judge.' I never found anything in the oath I took or the statutes I was asked to look at that said, 'Judge, stop thinking, because this is the way it was done before.'
Jed S. Rakoff
MeThinkingJudgeTraditionLook
Hong Kong is a good fashion city. The interest is enormous. There's good potential in the Asian market.
Stefan Persson
GoodCityFashionPotentialAsian
I grew up in northern California, where it was consistently in the hundreds in the summertime. My dad didn't think he should have to turn on the air conditioning when we had a swimming pool in our backyard; it was our built-in air conditioner.
Summer Sanders
SwimmingThinkPoolCaliforniaTurn
I think Wilco is going to definitely stand the test of time - no question - and Uncle Tupleo, and the whole No Depression scene, which is now alt-country. I think that's going to be around a long time.
Roger McGuinn
TimeDepressionThinkStandUncle
I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character.
Christopher McCulloch
CharacterHateMeI CanTalkDeal
But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.
Christopher Alexander
LifeCommunityPracticeCreateAdapt
I came to work one day, and Ricky was playing music on his guitar, just snickering. He played me the riff that turned out to be 'Rock Lobster,' and it was hilarious. He was just trying to be funny. His guitar style made it moodier, and it really is a driving song, but it does have that funny humor to it.
Cindy Wilson
WorkFunnyMusicStyleHumorDay
I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously.
Claire Danes
MyselfYouKnowKindSeriouslyKid
The winner of the elections which saw the participation of almsot 30 million people was the Iranian nation and the losers were those who tried to keep people away from the polls.
Ali Khamenei
PeopleWinnerParticipationNation
My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.
William Hung
GoodConsistencySingingSillyLook
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