Al Yankovic
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I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But... ELLEN POTTER I took lessons since I was little; I used to pay for my own singing lessons and take myself. Just ta... REBECCA FERGUSON The only time I felt I was different was when one of my friends said, 'I hate reading' and I... ADORA SVITAK DIANE SETTERFIELD HARLAN COBEN I guess I never grew up. I was still reading kids' books in high school and college. I was alway... MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spe... ALBERTO MANGUEL I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that... CECILY VON ZIEGESAR WENDY COPE JENNY SLATE CHARLAINE HARRIS TERRY PRATCHETT CAROLINE B. COONEY FOREST WHITAKER Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I&#... RANDY JOHNSON I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not b... DON ADAMS Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actu... CHRIS MATTHEWS COREY TAYLOR LOUISE BROWN CHARLES FRAZIER ALICE WALKER I started reading seriously at seven or eight, books about myths and legends, the Narnia series. By ... MALORIE BLACKMAN BECKY G While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure. STEPHEN J. DUBNER FRANK MCCOURT LISA LOEB MICHAEL JAI WHITE I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections o... TORY BURCH I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was ... ELIZABETH PENA In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and ... ARTHUR HERTZBERG I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became ... KAREN ELSON I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr... JON SCIESZKA My first job was a McDonald's commercial. It made me want to wake up at 4 A.M. to do something I... NADINE VELAZQUEZ I guess Johnny Depp has a pretty good career. I love a lot of parts that actors have played, so I lo... KEIR GILCHRIST I was reading a lot of Jacques Derrida at the time, writing 'Beth.' He actually talked about... JEFF BAENA LUKE BRYAN A lot of people have wondered what I've been up to. I retired from my career after 24 years. My ... KRISTY MCNICHOL There's not much that I haven't done in my life, but there's lots of things that I'd... ALAN THICKE I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dul... DANIEL HANDLER I want to win a national championship; that's been my dream since I was a child. CHAD KELLY I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to... 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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of ... AL YANKOVIC I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing. AL YANKOVIC I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to the... AL YANKOVIC At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go p... AL YANKOVIC I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used books... AL YANKOVIC There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy ov... AL YANKOVIC How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing? AL YANKOVIC I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up wi... AL YANKOVIC When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a ... AL YANKOVIC I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never bee... AL YANKOVIC What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of ... AL YANKOVIC Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my... AL YANKOVIC I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into th... AL YANKOVIC I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that ... AL YANKOVIC I'm an ugly girl,AL YANKOVIC I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively. AL YANKOVIC One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the... AL YANKOVIC The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've... AL YANKOVIC Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it... AL YANKOVIC When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience. AL YANKOVIC I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. AL YANKOVIC My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation. AL YANKOVIC I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover. AL YANKOVIC Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me. AL YANKOVIC My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody. AL YANKOVIC People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?' AL YANKOVIC Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really. AL YANKOVIC As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun. AL YANKOVIC As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits... AL YANKOVIC I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing. AL YANKOVIC I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for ... AL YANKOVIC As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living... AL YANKOVIC You fake something until you're good at it. AL YANKOVIC There aren't that many superstars around anymore. AL YANKOVIC So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of wh... AL YANKOVIC At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' w... AL YANKOVIC One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even... AL YANKOVIC The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorro... AL-HASAN AL-BASRI AL GORE AL GORE Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. AL JARREAU AL FRANKEN AL GOLDSTEIN My family and I reside on a non-working farm, although we have a couple of horses and the usual stuf... AL JARDINE People who are overweight don't want unsolicited advice. Guess what. We know we're fat. We l... AL ROKER AL GORE AL GORE AL FRANKEN AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL SHARPTON AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL OERTER AL SHARPTON Deanna is a great pitcher, one of the best pitchers in the state. She does not get enough recognitio... AL PEACOCK I learned years ago you can shape your own destiny if you do get involved. There have always been a ... AL PAZAR There's a lot of overcapacity in the fishery that will need to be addressed. Probably that won't be ... AL PAZAR Every time you lose that pre-soak, the danger increases. It's the race to fish. AL PAZAR Newport stuck its neck out and did the heavy lifting. Some of the other ports resent us for that. Th... AL PAZAR It broke down this year, with both sides not able to agree, and so we went into our usual free-for-a... AL PAZAR That's fine if you keep playing this record over and over. It is going to be a very strong spring. T... AL PARISH It's going to continue to make realtors very happy. I haven't seen any unhappy people in that indust... AL PARISH Even though it's not the biggest property, it's getting in excess of $300 a night for a room. That's... AL PARISH It doesn't mean that everybody's condo went up 37 percent. It means they built more expensive condos... AL PARISH CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT CA's acquisition of Wily Technology will further help our customers unify and simplify their increas... AL NUGENT That's Fry. She settled down and came through for us. AL NORTHINGTON We just had to play smart in the fourth quarter. Our girls showed a lot of heart and a lot of grit. AL NORTHINGTON We didn't finish in that game. Tonight we finished. AL NORTHINGTON We made some mental mistakes, but we're still so young, and that's going to happen. Our four freshme... AL NORTHINGTON I'm so proud of these kids. It's a wonderful feeling to see these kids progress. This is a win for t... AL NORTHINGTON The president believes very strongly that this is going to have a major, major impact on economic gr... AL HUBBARD The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit. AL HUBBARD It's coming from the American taxpayer. AL HUBBARD The last thing in the world we need to do is raise taxes and retard economic growth. AL HUBBARD Poverty is a lagging indicator. It is sort of the last ratio that declines with an expanding economy... AL HUBBARD The president is totally committed to Social Security reform. AL HUBBARD Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We'... AL HORFORD Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villa... AL HORFORD It's great to see your son doing his job on the court. But it was no surprise. AL HORFORD There was not much we could do (last season) because it wasn't our team. It was frustrating at times... AL HORFORD We're so anxious for the game to get here. AL HORFORD We lost most of our scoring (from a year ago). But we knew we were going to come out here and make t... AL HORFORD You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it. AL HORFORD You could just see it in their eyes. That's when we go for the kill. AL HORFORD I am feeling a lot better; I'm taking care of myself drinking a lot of fluids and stuff. So I feel p... AL HORFORD They were leaving the wrong guy open. When you leave Lee, he's going to make you pay for it. AL HORFORD [He could belt out traditional blues and jazz with the best of them, but -- to the dismay of jazz pu... AL HIRT I don't know, ... I do not know. AL HIRT I've been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated. AL HIRT The New Orleans I knew is gone, ... It's never going to come back. I'm just grateful I had my years ... AL HIRT When Buddy played, he played all out, all the time. It was a wonder he didn't keel over and die befo... AL HIRT Rich could play way better than Krupa. AL HIRT Old Sharkey had a fat sound, man. He could blow like wild fire and when he played, I am telling you,... AL HIRT I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business. AL HIRT A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. AL HIRT You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done... I am only interested ... AL HIRSCHFELD We arrived at Penn Station, took the Amsterdam Avenue street car to the end of the line. There was a... AL HIRSCHFELD You always feel the drawing you are working on is the best you've ever done, ... I am only intereste... AL HIRSCHFELD When I was about fourteen, my mother took me to see a musical comedy-and that was my first experienc... AL HIRSCHFELD Life isn't a science. We make it up as we go. AL HIRSCHFELD Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. AL HIRSCHFELD $250,000 isn't a lot, but it is enough to make a statement. We are looking for projects that will be... AL HENRY I'm proud of our team. We great leadership from our four seniors - Peter Jerome, Josh Trottier, Alex... AL HENRY Give credit where credit is due. Fargo South is a machine. AL HENRY This is an OK way to end it. As far as I'm concerned, our team is the winner. AL HENRY I know the feds give us the same amount of money, as does the state, as does the county. But there's... AL HARTKOPF A traffic signal costs a lot more than $25,000. What can you say? They're getting off cheap. AL HARTKOPF I knew it was going to end up badly. AL HARTKOPF If it causes a little bit of difficulty for us, it just does. AL HARTKOPF I have very mixed feelings on it. I totally get where the commissioners are coming from. I see the p... AL HARTKOPF Would've, could've, should've. The bottom line is we didn't do it. AL HARRIS It wasn't him. It was us. We did it. We weren't afraid of Randy. We hurt our damn selves. On that se... AL HARRIS I wish him the best of luck. Of course, I want to win the game. AL HARRIS I don't think they were attacking me. I think they were going to their guy. AL HARRIS They have some serious weapons. We're going to have our hands full on Sunday. AL HARRIS He was with Detroit. I'm pretty sure we have some film on him. But it's no secret what they do. AL HARRIS You've got to watch yourself. AL HARRIS Bad! We needed it to pick ourselves back up. AL HARRIS It's not going to get any easier for us. I mean, the schedule only gets tougher. We've got to find a... AL HARRIS [In the end, not even the magic of No. 4, combined with the solid play of a young defense that seeme... AL HARRIS We could not put the ball in the hole, but the biggest thing is we did not get any stops defensively... AL HARRINGTON When someone is scoring like that, everybody else isn't involved. When they do shoot, they're ice co... AL HARRINGTON I'm sure he is from everything I hear, but I've got to wait until that happens. AL HARRINGTON When you're a bad team, you don't get any benefit-of-the-doubt calls. You see it on TV, the media kn... AL HARRINGTON It's been a long time coming. AL HARRINGTON I don't think you guys realize sometimes how connected we really are in that locker room. We are a f... AL HARRINGTON I got the call when I was getting into my car. I can't (pretend); I cried like a baby. I cried as so... AL HARRINGTON That's nonsense, and it's not fair to Coach and not fair to Jason. Jason never complained about anyt... AL HARRINGTON It's almost funny before you realize how sad it is. You want to try and tell somebody how to brace f... AL HARRINGTON Believe it or not, when it left my hand, it felt good. AL HARRINGTON It helps us determine which candidate might be the right match for Blue Valley Middle School. AL HANNA We are looking for a well-qualified, experienced administrator. AL HANNA He already knows a great deal about us and our operations. We think he will work well with staff and... AL HANNA Scott was very well-qualified for this position. We feel like he will just hit the ground running. AL HANNA This is a very tough loss for us. We felt like we had the game, but I have to give them credit. They... AL HAMMELL We'll really get into the fundamentals. It's something we hope to build on each year. AL HAMMELL I was impressed by how well our players interacted. AL HAMMELL It's about getting the younger players excited about baseball. We'll look forward to doing it each y... AL HAMMELL It was a great clinic for the first year. AL HAMMELL We had our players helping out with instruction. AL HAMMELL It's just something I've been doing for 10 years. AL HAMMELL We had about a total of over 50 kids this year. AL HAMMELL I think it is a very, very prestigious award for Story County. It shows that we are truly energy eff... AL HAHN If we don't go any further than we are right now, it is an extreme award for Story County. AL HAHN It is wonderful to be able to imagine a building system of this magnitude and then have it work at t... AL HAHN It goes to show that the first year wasn't a fluke. AL HAHN Our defense was just fantastic as it has been all year. It has been the backbone of our team all yea... AL GUTHMAN Our kids play hard and when you play hard, you don't notice people in the gym. AL GUTHMAN We've had their number the last two years, but you have different players on both teams. We'll have ... AL GUTHMAN We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th... AL GUTHMAN Our last message at halftime was something that we had said early in training camp. We just reminded... AL GROH When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him... AL GROH When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him... AL GROH That means you're not going to cover those guys because if you start covering the short guys in zone... AL GROH Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that. Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet take ... AL GROH Certainly the period of rehab would indicate that, ... Sometimes, these sprains of ankles and feet t... AL GROH He's probably come on a little fast, ... That probably was the pleasant surprise of it. AL GROH We just kind of kept grinding. I was pleased with that: that idea about being a grinder and not gett... AL GROH They keep grinding and grinding until it has a cumulative effect on the opposition. It tends to wear... AL GROH His whole game has progressed. It probably would be unfair to Emmanuel to say that it's one thing or... AL GROH It's not going to be a six-month situation. We have to prepare for the duration. AL GREEN GM is operating in an intensely competitive global environment and reaching this tentative agreement... AL GREEN This is a ministry that has been given to me. AL GREEN Texas was settled by people who were willing to fence in their property and protect it. We take seri... AL GREEN It's you I want, but it's Him that I need. AL GREEN There's a lot of churches that hide their dirty laundry under the rug, and I know about that from be... AL GREEN People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't ... AL GREEN I'm thankful for every moment. AL GREEN Some times in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.But, if we are wise, we know that ther... AL GREEN This agreement recognizes the contributions our employees make and at the same time allows GM of Can... AL GREEN This year, each game, we want to go out and give our best. Our goal right now is to finish in the up... AL GRAY There's a freshman who Aaron has taken under his wing. He's done an excellent job with him, teaching... AL GRAY If you look at the returning marquee kids in the league ... [they] are tailbacks. A couple of years ... AL BAGNOLI We've got a chance to be a decent defense. We're not there yet. AL BAGNOLI Any time you get a different color jersey, it's beneficial and it also give you an idea of where you... AL BAGNOLI He is really a talented kid. We're still pretty young on the defensive side of the ball, and he prov... AL BAGNOLI We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, ... AL BAGNOLI You never know. I don't want to take anything away from Harvard. On that day they were obviously the... AL BAGNOLI We're cautiously optimistic. We think we're going to have a lot of skill on this team, but we have s... AL BAGNOLI Kyle was a remarkable young man, a true scholar-athlete, an ambassador for Penn, a tremendous teamma... AL BAGNOLI He'll do more in terms of the development end, the fundraising end, the facilities end of it. He'll ... AL BAGNOLI What the final product is going to be, I can't tell you. I can tell you he's hitting the ball well. ... AL AVILA He's got room to fill out. He's a strong kid, he's just lean. AL AVILA He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of g... AL AVILA His development has come along real well. He's made good strides defensively. His hitting, though, i... AL AVILA If he continues to do what he's doing and continues to progress, there's no reason that midway in th... AL AVILA You do the best you can to make the transition as easy as possible. It doesn't guarantee that a kid ... AL AVILA We feel confident that the Tampa Bay area and our community can produce a successful Republican conv... AL AUSTIN You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. AL AUSTIN We lost out by a flip of the coin. This time that's not going to happen. AL AUSTIN They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family... AL AUSTIN They've become real Americans. They fit right into the mainstream. AL AUSTIN
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