Ishmael Beah quote: "The thing that really gets to me is that countries are in the news only when things get out of hand. That's when it's newsworthy. When the war ends, it's not newsworthy anymore; no one wants to think about it. Actually, the aftermath is the most important part. It's when people have to rebuild."

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ...
BEN STEIN

It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON

When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ...
SHEPARD SMITH

It's a sad day when a woman being funny and interested in science is considered newsworthy.
ELISE ANDREW

When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interestin...
DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE

It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are a...
VANESSA CARLTON

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think th...
J. C. WATTS

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a...
SUSAN HAYWARD

Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!
DEYTH BANGER

I think the thing that I get most excited about is the fact that I know I'm gonna have a great m...
A.J. STYLES

Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find ...
BABYFACE

When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
DAN QUINN

The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it b...
WARREN RUDMAN

Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that'...
MIKE ROWE

If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person's house for a week, it's conside...
VINCE VAUGHN

In the beginning the Universe was created.
This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS

Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you'...
SEAN SPICER

It's hard to think it's important to try out as cheerleader when you're starring on Broa...
BONNIE BEDELIA

He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead.
ERIN HUNTER

Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think...
GINNI ROMETTY

When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k...
NANCY REAGAN

When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't ...
TERRENCE MALICK

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larr...
ALLEN IVERSON

The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
BEBE REXHA

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not ju...
JERMAIN DEFOE

The thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one whit...
GAVIN O'CONNOR

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so...
HAKEEM OLAJUWON

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's rea...
DAVID BYRNE

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think i...
JOSH RADNOR

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor...
SARAH CHALKE

I've been really upset sometimes when I've been misquoted. And it's the one thing they u...
DAPHNE GUINNESS

For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, t...
ASAP ROCKY

You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but t...
GARRETT HEDLUND

There is anxiety, but it comes after you've finished filming because it's out of your hands;...
HUGH JACKMAN

Words are the children of reason and, therefore, can't explain it. They really can't transla...
BILL EVANS

When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not...
CAITRIONA BALFE

I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera....
TOPHER GRACE

It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when flu...
NATE LOWMAN

The Wall Street Dow Jones up and down thing that's moving when the stock market's open? That...
ERIC CHURCH

The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand,...
CARINE ROITFELD

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that ...
STEPHEN FRY

It's really important that people know about it and the issue in schools because it happens ever...
KAITLYN DEVER

I have to be my own artist. I need the world to know who I am, especially for music. When it comes t...
MITCHEL MUSSO

28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems.
JAMES C. DOBSON

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MEGHAN MARKLE

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ALBERT HAMMOND, JR.

I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important th...
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with some...
JULIANNE MOORE

When you look at the truck market in North America, you have to understand the customer, and that...
MARY BARRA

When boxers are in the ring, they're simple. It's when the fight is over, that's when th...
SYLVESTER STALLONE

I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I thin...
CARLY SCHROEDER

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news u...
EVELYN WAUGH

When you get into your 40s, it's all about lighting. It's hard. You have to face whether the...
ELISABETH SHUE

The most interesting thing about acting is when you go to the dark places, that's a lot of energ...
JAMIE FOXX

It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to st...
PATRICK WHITESELL

When I plug in my guitar and play it really loud, loud enough to deafen most people, that's my s...
JOE PERRY

It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit o...
NICKI MINAJ

It's exhausting writing nonfiction, particularly when it's personal. It's tiring, always...
ISHMAEL BEAH

The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That&...
E. L. DOCTOROW

As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to...
DYLAN MCDERMOTT

I never understood when people go, 'Oh my gosh, it's so easy being pregnant.' No, it'...
CAMILA ALVES

You know, who cares about seeing the girls when everybody wants to see the band. That's what'...
ERIC CARR

What I believe is that people have many modes in which they can be. When we live in cities, the one ...
BRIAN ENO

In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't...
CRAIG GROESCHEL

Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY

When we can't determine what is art - when you get to that point where we're not sure, that&...
RICHARD PHILLIPS

There's no single movement out there. It's not like in the '60s, when Revolver came out ...
SEAN LENNON

When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the mo...
ALEXIS ARGUELLO

It's quite similar to guitar solos, only with programming you have to use your brain. The most i...
RICHARD D. JAMES

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract...
BROOKS ROBINSON

That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.
EMINEM

Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and gettin...
ZACHERY TY BRYAN

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not w...
NATHAN FILLION

There's something magical about film, it's the ultimate for me, because it's kind of per...
PAUL MERTON

It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at ...
ADAM MCKAY

Dating is fun. It's light: There's courting; there's the interesting, exciting text mess...
DENISE VASI

If it's just screaming - and I know this sounds so ridiculous - that gets old. But sometimes whe...
ROBERT PATTINSON

It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild work...
JULIANNA MARGULIES

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only th...
ABEL FERRARA

The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you c...
INGRID BETANCOURT

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity...
DENZEL WASHINGTON

I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I thi...
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that'...
AIMEE MANN

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know ...
LAURA DERN

When people recommend to me a book for personal reasons, that's what makes it fun to read. It...
NELL ZINK

It's crazy: when it's raining, it makes no sense to me that people drive 10 miles an hour fa...
KATEE SACKHOFF

In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - ...
LEE HALL

Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH

When everything works best, it's not because you chose writing but because writing chose you. It...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. Bu...
CLINT EASTWOOD

That's the world we live in: when it comes to economics, people have emotions; it's not like...
ROBERT J. SHILLER

I find it's nice when I can be a listener and absorb things coming at me. It's important, es...
PHILLIPA SOO

I think live music is really, really important. And I think it's very important to do together. ...
SANDRA TSING LOH

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's...
MATT APUZZO

I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan.
BROOKE ELLIOTT

I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES

Like every mother, it's my children; that's the first thing that makes me really proud. For ...
CHERIE BLAIR

The thing that really gets to me is that countries are in the news only when things get out of hand. That's when it's newsworthy. When the war ends, it's not newsworthy anymore; no one wants to think about it. Actually, the aftermath is the most important part. It's when people have to rebuild.

Ishmael Beah

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