Cynicism is intelectual dandyism, but graciousness in speech is an aphrodisiac. (Andy Spade)


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I cannot say the crow is white, But needs must call a spade a spade.
HUMPHREY GIFFORD
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
GEORGE MEREDITH
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism
GEORGE MEREDITH
Call a spade a spade.
ROBERT BURTON
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
MENANDER
Let's call a spade a spade. Their goalie played very well.
TRENT YAWNEY
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JOHN TORTORELLA
I don't like to not call a spade a spade.
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OSCAR WILDE
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to u...
OSCAR WILDE
I would say it was both sinister and incompetent. I'm just calling a spade a spade.
MARC HOLTZMAN
I think it good plain English, without fraud, To call a spade a spade, a bawd a bawd
JOHN TAYLOR
Let's call a spade a spade - a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effe...
LENA DUNHAM
Never diss a man for calling a spade a spade. It's when he hits you with it you'll soon realise you'...
LARSS VINCENT MCKEVITT
Cecily. This is no time for wearing the shallow mask of manners. When I see a spade I call it a spad...
OSCAR WILDE
Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enoug...
PATRICK ROTHFUSS
She calls a spade a delving instrument
RITA MAE BROWN
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KATRINA BOWDEN
The main goal of the organization is the acquisition of the silver spade.
DENNIS WATSON
They called a spade an old dirty shovel, if you know what I mean.
MARCIA HOVICK
It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everythi...
OSCAR WILDE
If you choose to bury Hope, lose not the spade.
MATTHEW OPRAMOLLA
I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.
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I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.
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I collect books - a lot of books.
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One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.
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One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.
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(Rafferty) chose not to see his kids when he killed Steven Spade.
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Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle."
"Handle yo...
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A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust
JAMES STEPHENS
A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.
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Kitten, this is my best mate, Charles, but you can call him Spade. Charles, this is Cat, the woman I...
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When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every ...
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Almost every place you work for, you will have to take a beating on your self+value and self+worth e...
APURVA GAGLANI
I don't lack for bed partners, so I don't need to scrounge for unwilling scraps.-Spade
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Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Nigh to a grave that was newly made, Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade.
PARK BENJAMIN
Life is an audition.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or sp...
JOSTEIN GAARDER
It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then t...
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DAVID SPADE
Power is only an aphrodisiac for the living dead
DEAN CAVANAGH
Seeing, touching is believing!
THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL
SEO is DEAD in the eyes of the people who know LESS about it.
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Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
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Single guys get a bad rap.
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He goes down as one of the greats. And I still think about him every day.
DAVID SPADE
He goes down as one of the greats. And I still think about him every day,
DAVID SPADE
I think it's sweet that everyone still has a real nice place in their hearts for him, they still rem...
DAVID SPADE
Just Shoot Me.
DAVID SPADE
I like to think it's because I'm a cool guy, but maybe they just don't want to be made fun of.
DAVID SPADE
It's called reading,
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There are too many fawning entertainment shows out there and not one of them is making fun of it all...
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The policy says important things about self-identifications, things that are not common sense.
DEAN SPADE
We need to make sure the training doesn't happen just once because there's a high turnover at the sh...
DEAN SPADE
This is a very thrilling victory.
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You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw arou...
DAVID SPADE
I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.
DAVID SPADE
To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.
DAVID SPADE
It's hard to have a career.
DAVID SPADE
I have no detectable hair style.
DAVID SPADE
It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to s...
DAVID SPADE
It's funny because it's funny.
DAVID SPADE
There's always something funny about men chasing women.
DAVID SPADE
My career is just kind of crazy.
DAVID SPADE
It's so crazy in Hollywood.
DAVID SPADE
I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear ab...
DAVID SPADE
Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.
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Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully
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Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to...
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In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart a...
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I'm just doing the show for a while, might do another 'Joe Dirt' movie in the summer. That's about i...
DAVID SPADE
He goes down as one of the greats. And I still think about him every day.
DAVID SPADE
[For Spade, the freedom to do edgier material than the networks would allow clinched the deal.] If I...
DAVID SPADE
He goes down as one of the greats. And I still think about him every day,
DAVID SPADE
I think it's sweet that everyone still has a real nice place in their hearts for him, they still rem...
DAVID SPADE
Just Shoot Me.
DAVID SPADE
I like to think it's because I'm a cool guy, but maybe they just don't want to be made fun of.
DAVID SPADE
It's called reading,
DAVID SPADE
Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to the...
DAVID SPADE
There are too many fawning entertainment shows out there and not one of them is making fun of it all...
DAVID SPADE
I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy fro...
DAVID SPADE
The policy says important things about self-identifications, things that are not common sense.
DEAN SPADE
We need to make sure the training doesn't happen just once because there's a high turnover at the sh...
DEAN SPADE
This is a very thrilling victory.
DEAN SPADE
You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw arou...
DAVID SPADE
I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.
DAVID SPADE
To make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee.
DAVID SPADE
It's hard to have a career.
DAVID SPADE
I have no detectable hair style.
DAVID SPADE
It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to s...
DAVID SPADE
It's funny because it's funny.
DAVID SPADE
There's always something funny about men chasing women.
DAVID SPADE
My career is just kind of crazy.
DAVID SPADE
It's so crazy in Hollywood.
DAVID SPADE
I have no stories to sell. A lot of my relationships are with civilians, and no one wants to hear ab...
DAVID SPADE
Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you're somewhat normal, it's exotic.
DAVID SPADE
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No one wants to know I set my alarm and get up 8, but I think it's too weird to sleep in too lat...
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DAVID SPADE
When I started I'd fly across the country to do a gig for a hundred bucks.
DAVID SPADE
I've had it where things didn't go well for me with movies or something that got canceled.
DAVID SPADE
I never have kids in movies or in TV shows.
DAVID SPADE
You know, you want to pull in a wide audience.
DAVID SPADE
To be famous and broke is hard.
DAVID SPADE
It's the old college days kind of thing.
DAVID SPADE
Confusion is a continuous fight with self-knowledge, prejudice and insecurity.
KATE
I have an insane calling to be where i'm not, and a screaming urge to get out of here. There's no ro...
KATE
That feeling of shame and guilt you feel, when you disappoint someone, equals the feeling of never b...
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If you are wondering why some people don't want to talk to you anymore, it could be that they actual...
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Amazing how you can fake you're way through the day, by looking at the clock, and work untill it's t...
KATE
The people who never wanted to meet you, will never know what you would have sounded like together!
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More then a thousand words written, but no notes to make a song. It shouldn't be this hard, and it s...
KATE
Let's just lay in the grass, and look at the stars, and fall asleep in the middle of counting.
KATE
Better focus on what seems to be more important, then what make's me feel more alive... But the thou...
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Why do people get back in the box ?, when deep down inside there isn't room enough. And even though ...
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Reading between the lines is supposed to lift you up, except when the message reminds you of the mis...
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Tic tac, tic tac. Three o clock, it's time to stop, Thinking about what is not. Tic tac, tic tac May...
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Being confused about you're own insecurity's, when other people turn out to be not what they seem, a...
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Those little boxes people put you in, while they should try the other sizes...
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Sometimes I forget how it feels to meet new people who are passionate about the same things. But whe...
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Glistening grains of sand, so soft and warm being sleepless in the desert has it's charm. A billion ...
KATE
Is it okay to lose you'reself once in a while..... Maybe I am lost longer then I think....
KATE
They won't chase me wen I walk away. Not worth chasing I gues,... so I'll just keep on walking alone...
KATE
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent....... Now I know what I did wrong all the ti...
KATE
Don't approach someone with false intensions, especcialy when they are not good enough. Because ther...
KATE
My sore throath can't find my voice anywere, and my thought's can't find my sleep.
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Time is precious....I would love to spend a day how I really want to spend it...or maybe a few..
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Back to the corner where you came from, and dim that little light, before it finally discover's how ...
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I tried to stop the morning coming in so fast Why is it impossible to make those silent moments last...
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I need a whiskey (or 2) , a party, and some fun, but it looks like I have to settle for less again.
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You can listen to a song a thousand times, and then, suddenly, the lyrics kick in,.... like someone ...
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If water would be running up, would it wash away the spots, underneath the places, where we usually ...
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No one knows that a simple and calculated decision for the one with potential, is the final end of t...
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Be fearless. Be glib. Be enigmatic. Read. Never give up.
LAUREN KATE
With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
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KATE FORSYTH
I'd go on the train to castings, changing from my school uniform on the train. I carried on like...
KATE MOSS
Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All...
KATE MIDDLETON
I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
KATE MIDDLETON
I like that there's no love as fierce as the love you feel for your family; that there's no ...
KATE KLISE
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doi...
KATE ATKINSON
So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely ex...
KATE GRENVILLE
I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy st...
KATE WINSLET
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KATE WINSLET
Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils tha...
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
KATE WINSLET
I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'
KATE WINSLET
Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
KATE WINSLET
I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's...
KATE WINSLET
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KATE WINSLET
I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and d...
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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KATE WINSLET
You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
KATE WINSLET
What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life...
KATE WINSLET
I do have impossibly high standards.
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KATE WINSLET
Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
KATE WINSLET
It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.
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The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.
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British passion for Chinese tea was unstoppable, but the Chinese had no desire for our offerings, ho...
KATE WILLIAMS
People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureh...
KATE WILLIAMS
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I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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I struggle with control.
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I loved campaigning for Obama.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
KATE WALSH
I still like to make crank calls.
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I would definitely love to be a parent.
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KATE WALSH
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I'm not a clean freak. My house is a mess.
KATE WALSH
I've done every diet there is.
KATE WALSH
Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
KATE WALSH
I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!
KATE WALSH
You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.
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I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.
KATE WALSH
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I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.
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I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.
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I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails.
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KATE VOEGELE
I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celeb...
KATE VOEGELE
I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.
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KATE VOEGELE
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KATE VOEGELE
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KATE VOEGELE
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the chil...
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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KATE DICAMILLO
I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for ch...
KATE DICAMILLO
I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
KATE DICAMILLO
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my f...
KATE DICAMILLO
I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'...
KATE DICAMILLO
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
KATE DICAMILLO
We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last ele...
KATE CLINTON
They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have bee...
KATE CLINTON
My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, spo...
KATE CLINTON
Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefo...
KATE CLINTON
I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
KATE CLINTON
I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it...
KATE CLINTON
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
KATE CLINTON
We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
KATE CLINTON
I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want...
KATE CLINTON
I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think i...
KATE CLINTON
As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential r...
KATE CLINTON
Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a le...
KATE CLINTON
When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
KATE CLINTON
I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times ...
KATE CLINTON
A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said,...
KATE CLINTON