There's nothing minimal about Claudette.


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When I was young kid, I used to watch Jack Benny, and I thought the minimal aspect of what he did wa...
JEFFREY TAMBOR
We've got to be quicker, faster and smarter!
JACK COLLEY
...you're my Jedi Knights!
JACK COLLEY
We've just sent three Blackhawk helicopters and have dozers en route.
JACK COLLEY
That's a critical area for us because of the potential to have large forest fires, much like you'd s...
JACK COLLEY
We're preparing for operations through the end of April; that's not good news.
JACK COLLEY
There is little or no chance of rain for the next several days.
JACK COLLEY
We're very concerned about that.
JACK COLLEY
Fifteen counties were impacted, we're still in the response mode, and our objective now is to ensure...
JACK COLLEY
We're looking not just at a coastal event, but a second (or) third event that will occur over the ne...
JACK COLLEY
It's going to be enormous.
JACK COLLEY
It could cause a catastrophic flooding event.
JACK COLLEY
Hurricanes are the greatest single natural catastrophic threat to this state by far.
JACK COLLEY
We were told by state emergency management director Jack Colley, 'Do what you need to do to get your...
DRUSCILLA MILLER
Theres a reason why theyre not amateurs anymore.
ALEX HAMILTON
Nothing that a bottle of Jack and a straight razor won't fix.
THE WEDDING DATE
Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: "What about Claudette Colbe...
JULIAN FELLOWES
I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybo...
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
just because theres a goalie, doesnt mean you cant score
BRADLEY ADAM HENDERSON
Theres only one thing i admire about emo children, they are the only people that can wear all black,...
NICHOLAS RYAN LAYMON
If theres one thing I can't stand, it's my brother's finger nails!
JULIAN "JUNEBUG" BUSSELLS
Theres no way to be successful
in music and be debauched.
GREG KOCH
Theres no competition in DESTINY. Run your own RACE and wish others WELL!!!
ABHYSHEQ SHUKLA
Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say "I don't know" about anything.
JOHNNY MILLER
The funding in the past is minimal. It's just basically keeping these minimal-level programs afloat.
LEO GOMEZ
Theres an old saying that victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by t...
JOHN PIPER
Theres still so much interest in the Beatles and John and still so much mythology,
BOB SPITZ
theres actualy more cells in our brains than there are brains in our entire body
KEN M
There was no guarantee that even if we took every limb away. There was absolutely very minimal, mini...
LEONARD JOHNSON
I find a lot of them are hypocrites. What we're asking for is minimal, it's less than minimal.
ANDREW POLOUSKI
It would be minimal,
EDWARD MCKELVEY
Claudette was a very pivotal person. She really gave moral courage to Mrs. Parks and to me and other...
FRED GRAY
Maybe we can get rid of the phrase minimal hurricane. There is no such thing as a minimal hurricane.
BEN NELSON
To my mind and ear, there is simply nothing that compares to the musical sophistication of a late Be...
LEONARD SLATKIN
Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator...
LLOYD BENTSEN
Love is the root of all happiness and all sorrow and theres not much in between.
CHASE KITCHENS
We wanted to incorporate things that the students were learning about in their classrooms and tie in...
JAN SULLIVAN
Jack, Jerry and I had been talking about the merger for a while, ... Jerry and I would like to leave...
MASAYOSHI SON
I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring...
JAMES JOYCE
Jack [Nicklaus]'s got to start thinking about when it is time to retire.
KEN VENTURI
Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy.
AARON KATZ
Women need to have Men as their Best friend, Because theres a Built-in competition between Women...
NASIR KHAN
That's the thing about these songs, they're not about hot licks. They're about the stories. It was t...
HANK HARRIS
We have always known Jack had nothing to answer for . . . we thank the jury and the acquittal has be...
IAN THOMAS
I played with Jack, and I tied Jack,
STEWART CINK
There are a minimal, and I mean a minimal, number of customers in the New York area who are not taki...
DAN QUINN
Happiness is very simple and minimal.
TABLO
Jack glanced at the old man, whose eyes were about as big as dinner plates. Jack just nodded with un...
JAMES RILEY
Nobody ever heard Jack Nicklaus say 'I don't know' about anything.
JOHNNY MILLER
Emeralds! Aren't they divine? jack gave them to me to shut up about Women's Lib.
WILLIAM HAMILTON
The other one is 'asked' after 'Jack', ... Jack asked.
GEORGE GUIDALL
The other one is 'asked' after 'Jack'. Jack asked.
GEORGE GUIDALL
So …” Jack clears his throat. “We …”
Is Jack Coombs at a loss for words? I guess we d...
ELIZABETH EULBERG
minimal estimates of what might be required.
FRED ECKHARD
It's significant. The changes are not minimal.
CLAUDE GAUTHIER
Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you.
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
I'm more serious about the job. I think Jack needs to mature a little more, honestly.
WILL THOMAS
I haven't talked to (U.S. team captain) Jack Nicklaus about who I might be paired with,
TIGER WOODS
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but s...
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
The leakage is reduced to very minimal amounts.
DAVE ANDREW
[To some youth, playing with gender identity and roles is as much about fun and self-expression as a...
CAITLIN RYAN
Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or...
MARTIN JACQUES
We hear about gas prices all of the time. It does not affect people's decision to drive, because the...
BECKY BOVELL
It's all about having a passion for something, and I am a passionate Jack of All Trades.
CRYS R. NGUYEN
Jack knows more about our project on a hole-by-hole basis than anyone in our organization.
JOSH FREEMAN
We have had a minimal (marketing) effort recently.
ALICE GARLAND
They need fair representation, not just minimal representation.
ROBERT NEWMAN
Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack.
CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ
Everyone's safe. She had just taken my grandson to a ski trip. He's going up to Jack Frost Mountain,...
DON BURNS
All flowers in time bend towards the sun, I know you say theres no one for you, But here is one
JEFF BUCKLEY
I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Some hotels had minimal damage, others were severely damaged.
DEKEN SPANNER
The upside possibilities are enormous. The downside is minimal.
MIKE D'ANTONI
A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.
THOMAS SZASZ
We forecast this to be a minimal-strength hurricane.
JAMES FRANKLIN
Because they were properly restrained they had minimal injury.
KATHY HARPER
Don’t worry, says Ike, I didn’t do yer pretty face no harm. I should of though. After what you d...
MOIRA YOUNG
I know that look.” Jack shook his head ruefully. “Doan worry; she’ll
give you your balls ...
KRESLEY COLE
Carla ... The Jack Paar Show.
BARBRA STREISAND
Move fast, travel light, an never tell 'em your real name.
MOIRA YOUNG
Jack Benny.
STAN FREBERG
I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack.
'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you ar...
ANDREW LANG
The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.
AMANDA PEET
The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game.
TIM FINCHEM
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explination.
HILTON KRAMER
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.
HILTON KRAMER
We worked really hard to make it a minimal impact.
DICK BROOKS
The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation
HILTON KRAMER
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread thro...
HARRY SEIDLER
The service really took off with very minimal marketing to passengers - word of mouth spread quickly...
COLLEEN KONSTANZER
I don't know nothing about nothing.
DANNY BAUTISTA
Assuming theres insurance, there would be no reason not to carry on, ... This just pushes us back on...
BOB GOODMAN
I think theres a little child in all of us and we all to often forget to let the child out to play.
DONNA A. FAVORS
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way ...
EDMOND ABOUT
It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the coun...
EDMOND ABOUT
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians,...
EDMOND ABOUT
I fight fairly, and in good faith.
EDMOND ABOUT
Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
EDMOND ABOUT
Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently.
CLAUDETTE COLBERT

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We're preparing for operations through the end of April; that's not good news.
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There is little or no chance of rain for the next several days.
JACK COLLEY
We're very concerned about that.
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We're looking not just at a coastal event, but a second (or) third event that will occur over the ne...
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It's going to be enormous.
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It could cause a catastrophic flooding event.
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Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
COLLEY CIBBER
This business will never hold water.
COLLEY CIBBER
Words are but empty thanks.
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The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
COLLEY CIBBER
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
COLLEY CIBBER
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
COLLEY CIBBER
You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
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Thou strange piece of wild nature!
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COLLEY CIBBER
Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
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Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
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Stolen sweets are best.
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The will for the deed.
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As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
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Possession is eleven points in the law.
COLLEY CIBBER
Losers must have leave to speak.
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Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
COLLEY CIBBER
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismi...
COLLEY CIBBER
I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has...
COLLEY CIBBER
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
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So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution Told his s...
COLLEY CIBBER
Off with his head - so much for Buckingham.
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We went hard and we really work on strategy. Then we started to taper down. We don't push the kids. ...
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Jesse is on some other planet. He is something else. He goes fast and strong and is so surprising. H...
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The happy have whole days,
and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours,
and tho...
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COLLEY CIBBER
Old houses mended, cost little less than new before they're ended
COLLEY CIBBER
Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, hear...
COLLEY CIBBER
With time, the horror of slavery becomes history. Yet today, my heart weeps with deep misery for the...
EVETH COLLEY
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wick...
COLLEY CIBBER
Perish the thought!
COLLEY CIBBER
Conscience avaunt, Richard's himself again.
COLLEY CIBBER
and those they lose.
COLLEY CIBBER
One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion
COLLEY CIBBER
Stolen sweets are best
COLLEY CIBBER
Dumb's a sly dog.
COLLEY CIBBER
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
COLLEY CIBBER
They beat on him and he was able to hold his position. He was real sound and wasn't put in a bad spo...
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Tea! Thou soft, thou sober,
sage and venerable liquid ...
to whose glorious insipidity, COLLEY CIBBER
Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you."

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A true artist, without a viewer, will still create.
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Let the children speak of art
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Control your own destiny or someone else will.
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I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
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Though the Grimms kept about 100 of the tales from the first edition, they changed them a good deal.
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I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long a...
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I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. ...
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Stree...
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It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you ar...
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly t...
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My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
JACK WHITTAKER
It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
JACK WHITTAKER
If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
JACK WHITTAKER
I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
JACK WHITTAKER
I won the lottery. I don't care what it costs.
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I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
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I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're no...
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My dad doesn't hug me enough!
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I ...
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't suc...
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I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm...
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I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.
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I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
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Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public scho...
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to ha...
JACK WHITEHALL
Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.
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I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like ...
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I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
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The team with the best players wins.
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A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around ...
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Change before you have to.
JACK WELCH
Be candid with everyone.
JACK WELCH
If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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I don't want it good. I want it Tuesday.
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I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
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I never worked in an office in my life.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
JACK VANCE
Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somew...
JACK VANCE
It seems to limit you; when you're working in an office, you're a creature in a small cell u...
JACK VANCE
The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning...
JACK VANCE
As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
JACK VANCE
If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
JACK VALENTI
Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, at...
JACK VALENTI
Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched...
JACK VALENTI
I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my presiden...
JACK VALENTI
There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
JACK VALENTI