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A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.


Yoshihiko Noda

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You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown.
TOBE HOOPER You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.
HOLLY NEAR I cannot love, I want to be alone
I will not love, I want to be alone
LAURA MARLING I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.
UTA HAGEN I don't take roles I can't respect. If I can't find a reason to be respectful of the cha...
ESTHER ROLLE I can't moan about any of it. I had a great time in the goldfish bowl.
ROBERT PLANT You can't build a foundation of sin now for a life of purity later.
CRAIG GROESCHEL All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Holiday Inn comes in at the bottom of the market, but they can't go upmarket except if they emul...
CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN Holiday Inn comes in at the bottom of the market, but they can't go upmarket except if they emul...
CLAYTON M. CHRISTENSEN The writer who can't do his job looks to his editor to do it for him, though he won't dream ...
ALFRED A. KNOPF I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
HENRI MATISSE You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of...
YOUNG BUCK In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they&...
JIM CRACE I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband ...
SHELLEY BERKLEY Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats.
BART STUPAK You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I p...
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, y...
MAURICE STRONG You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you...
IAN MCKELLEN I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
OZZY OSBOURNE I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see m...
MICHELLE OBAMA You can't make a souffle rise twice.
ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH I can't miss a night's work and let my public down.
PATSY CLINE Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't s...
MICHELLE OBAMA I can't do theatre in the US,' she says, 'because I don't have a green card.
JACQUELINE MCKENZIE You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in...
JONATHAN POWELL You can't please everyone, nor should you seek to, because then you won't please anyone, lea...
DYLAN MORAN If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.
JAIME LERNER I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in.
MARGARET SMITH When we can't bottle our tears up anymore, God catches every one in His bottle. God's catchi...
ANN VOSKAMP I've only fallen in love once, and once was enough for me, but that doesn't mean my eyes won...
KENDRA WILKINSON In the United States, because we are a nation of laws, you can lose an election and keep your life. ...
KELLY AYOTTE A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
WINSTON CHURCHILL If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
NAMIE AMURO I tell people, and it's the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won't make me ...
JOYCE MEYER Unlike a goldfish, a computer can't really do anything without you telling it exactly what you w...
JASON FRIED Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the ...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN I won't be skating for the rest of my life, that's for sure.
ELVIS STOJKO What the public hates the most is when they think the politicians aren't listening to them. They...
CHUCK SCHUMER A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
MARK TWAIN If we can't have exchanges with our friends and family, with loved ones that won't at some p...
TIMOTHY D. SNYDER If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers ...
NOAM CHOMSKY In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how ba...
EMILY WATSON I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there i...
RACHEL MADDOW I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state o...
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON Both my husband and I wanted a boy. I wasn't sure what I'd do with a daughter. What if she a...
HOLLY COMBS They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in m...
BOBBY SANDS They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk r...
BILLY IDOL Scientists habitually moan that the public doesn't understand them. But they complain too much: ...
MARTIN REES I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they w...
ALEX O'LOUGHLIN Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.
HARRY ANDERSON You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don...
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deform...
RITA RUDNER You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public e...
PAUL FARMER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part o...
PAUL FARMER A lot of people have told me, 'You're not this and so can't play that,' and I can...
ANNE HATHAWAY I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkid...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR I don't see politics as one or two people just making or delivering announcements - it's als...
GORDON BROWN The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please...
KATIE TAYLOR I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because i...
VINCENT CASSEL Unfortunately, when someone asks me for a favor, I can't say no. Because of my upbringing - my C...
BRADLEY COOPER Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have con...
CAM NEWTON It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of...
CAITLYN JENNER When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a portrait painter. As I got to be older, I realized that as a...
FRED GWYNNE It's so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans...
GABOUREY SIDIBE You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and ge...
MELINDA GATES In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people supp...
MALALA YOUSAFZAI Everybody knows what my sexual orientation is. I don't need to scream it out. I won't, only ...
KARAN JOHAR If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won...
WARD CHURCHILL I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of ...
WARREN BEATTY No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scruti...
ROY BARNES I can't cook! It's genetic. My grandmother can't cook, my mother can't cook. I was r...
JADA PINKETT SMITH I won't do things for money. I can't. So I'll hold out and say, in my mind, 'There&#...
BRIE LARSON I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public ...
PHIL KNIGHT We can't wait until elections to fight for what we care about. We can't hope for a benevolen...
MARK PINCUS You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good s...
ELI BROAD For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I...
TAYA KYLE You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
LEE TREVINO I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn'...
JOE BIDEN I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because...
GORDON BROWN What happens once you get a felony conviction? Now you are entering this American caste system where...
CORY BOOKER I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for...
AUDRA MCDONALD I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.
DESMOND TUTU So we have to be careful because if you don't protect your culture you won't have it for ver...
YAHOO SERIOUS It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON Sucking up to the biggies won't get us anywhere.
ALICE WALKER I disagree with a couple of the stances of the Catholic Church. My older brother is gay, and it'...
ANNE HATHAWAY I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin.
FRED ALLEN OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head.
RUBY DEE You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy thi...
IRIS APFEL Anyone with a computer and a design program can create a page layout. But unless you're trained ...
JOHN MAEDA I won't complain about touring, because I really do believe that a public-figure musician compla...
MOBY You don't have to be fearless to do anything; you can be scared out of your mind. I fear that I ...
ESPERANZA SPALDING I remember before I did 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for drama. Once I'd don...
JESSALYN GILSIG Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have sto...
DAVID MORRELL I won't miss Grissom. It was a complete life for me that's reached its end, and it's rea...
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