As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.
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PAULEY PERRETTE You're the man now,' she said to me after my father died, 'you're the man.' Then she turned to Popey...
DAVID SEDARIS I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high charact...
TOMMY FRANKS Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame
VENES Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially co...
GAYLE FORMAN However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face!
JONATHAN BRANDIS ...being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them.
JOHN GREEN As I grow older I am unpleasantly impressed by the fact that giving each human being but one life is...
H.L. MENCKEN I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.
MICHAEL IAN BLACK A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ...
MAUREEN JOHNSON Here's to you, as good as you are,
And here's to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, a...
OLD SCOTCH SAYING And I'm OK being judged as an actor.
SEAN HAYES President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.
JEFF GOODELL Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you
VENES Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY My pen beats faster as I write with my heart
MUNIA KHAN I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.
JANE BYRNE Certainly, I am writing as a 21st-century woman, so I am much more inclined to view her as a three-d...
STACY SCHIFF Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY I object to being characterized the way I have been characterized by people who don't have a clue as...
ROBERT CLARK Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.
MAHESH BABU If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck wi...
ELLEN DEGENERES I'm more into beats than rhymes. I'm a huge fan of anything touched by the Neptunes. Dancing...
DAVID GALLAGHER Being named outstanding wrestler talks about his character as well as his wrestling skills. When coa...
CHRIS ADAMS Would you want you as a friend?
PETER STROPLE It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a...
ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm...
SUPERNA BATHEJA There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am...
REBECCA HALL I feel I am a little unfit for the kind of music that is being made today. There is a big difference...
LATA MANGESHKAR You don' know how bizarre it is to see Goyle thinking.
J.K. ROWLING My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
KARL JASPERS Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything ...
ANUSHKA SHARMA There is no disillusionment about India as far as I am concerned. There could never come a time when...
DILIP KUMAR As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
N. SCOTT MOMADAY But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.
STEPHANIE BEACHAM I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
WALT WHITMAN My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.
ZOEY DEUTCH And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.
LASSE HALLSTROM As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no ...
DANIEL TOSH Let's be private... I am different character and DeYtH is different as character.
DEYTH BANGER Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more then I am alwa...
EMILY BRONTë Yes, I am transgendered but I also am a cross-dresser - I dress as a woman. It's not that I just...
ALEXIS ARQUETTE I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes m...
LEA MICHELE I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
BONO I have a dream, that one day all three of my children will one day, grow up in a society where they ...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I mean, I can cook, but I'd get very nervous having my food being judged by dinner guests.
PRABAL GURUNG The quality of a conqueror is to be judged as much by what he spears as by what he spares
AGONA APELL As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so man...
RICK WAKEMAN I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed...
TAHEREH MAFI I do not need to hear how I am judged by others. I know by myself if I can be satisfied or not with ...
GIANLUIGI BUFFON I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
ORSON SCOTT CARD Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my o...
S. E. HINTON But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
DOUGLAS TRUMBULL I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-di...
GENE WILDER As far I'm working on The life Of one Kid 7... continue!
DEYTH BANGER I've been in this business my whole life. I'm pretty bulletproof as far as being hurt.
TINA YOTHERS As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.
MARK WAHLBERG The truth of history lies simultaneously in the substratum of created existence (since all beings ar...
JOHN D. ZIZOULAS A person’s character is judged not only by the company they keep but also by the company they avoi...
SHIV KHERA I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a...
ZACHARY QUINTO as many lost tracks as I could dig up. I found them everywhere: in my dresser, in my suitcases, my k...
THE BEATLES I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.
AYAAN HIRSI ALI Though I am an MP from Maharashtra, my heart beats for Katihar.
TARIQ ANWAR A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a ...
ANZIA YEZIERSKA I am not as bad as others think nor as good as I think of myself.
JECON B. NADELA I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of the...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of the...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, al...
YAHYA JAMMEH As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
DAVID DOBKIN I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to imp...
DEIRDRE O'KANE I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be jud...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be jud...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be jud...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.
ANGIE MARTINEZ If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of b...
ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC Figure it out. We beat Shelton, 3-1 and Shelton beats them, 7-1. Not only were they good, we helped ...
PETE CIVITELLO I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.
JOHN HURT A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't ge...
ANZIA YEZIERSKA young or old, good or bad, I don't think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I've discovered that in life, it doesn't matter how good of a person you are; it's human nature to b...
MZ. ROBINSON I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
WALT WHITMAN I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly pu...
DAVID BLAINE ... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t...
DEYTH BANGER The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where y...
SEAMUS HEANEY I have the softest beard in the world. As far as growing it, it doesn't itch, and it's so no...
ATO ESSANDOH I am a hypocrite when it comes to being a conformist. My values and beliefs are part of my foundatio...
BONNIE ZACKSON KOURY I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their ch...
LARRY THE CABLE GUY I do not see my job as being anything other than a staffer responsible for the staff.
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AMY SEDARIS I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's ...
AMY SEDARIS People who shop in health food stores never look healthy.
AMY SEDARIS I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But...
AMY SEDARIS I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'...
AMY SEDARIS More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it becaus...
AMY SEDARIS I'm gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color - it's an old lady color.
AMY SEDARIS If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway...
AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto...
AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ...
AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge...
AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ...
AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m...
AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
AMY SEDARIS My characters always like themselves.
AMY SEDARIS It's all about process to me - as long as it's fun to me, I don't care about the final product.
AMY SEDARIS It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high...
AMY SEDARIS I'm satisfied just thinking of the idea.
AMY SEDARIS I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.
AMY SEDARIS I'm not a first-place person.
AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors w...
AMY SEDARIS I always got along with all types of people - popular people as well as drug addicts.
AMY SEDARIS It's driving me crazy! It's awful. I saw four last night during the Academy Awards. Four little baby...
AMY SEDARIS I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.
AMY SEDARIS