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I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings.


Celia Imrie

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CODY LINLEY I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.
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BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power.
SHESH NATH VERNWAL I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.
GEORGE MCGOVERN Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard...
NANETTE L. AVERY I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.
SELENA GOMEZ So for me, anything that has to do with animals, and I'm a happy camper.
MARIA MENOUNOS I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.
DIANE KRUGER I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Obedience is bondage, if God wants to be adored he should make himself more loving.
LAURA WHITCOMB If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Life is a divine blessing for those who live life to add values in the lives of others.
SEEMA BRAIN OPENERS For being a young guy, I'm articulate and can hold a decent conversation with somebody. But I...
LARRY FITZGERALD So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell ...
JOHN TRAVOLTA I feel disgusted that he would have anything to do with the Olympic movement after nearly destroying...
STEVE SCOTT We try to do too many things that used to be in the men's domain, and we try to do them like men...
RAQUEL WELCH I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sen...
AMY TAN Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell m...
SHEL SILVERSTEIN I'm a really selfish person. But I would do anything for my friends.
JAMI ATTENBERG What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I&#...
KATHY BATES I'm stuck with being No. 32 for the Cleveland Browns. I can't do anything about that, and I ...
JIM BROWN Stephen Daldry would be a director that I would love to work with as well as Peter Jackson, Tim Burt...
SOPHIE TURNER I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth...
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I'm a big fan of 'National Geographic', the magazine and the channel. Anything to do wit...
TOM WESTON-JONES I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
MANNY COTO A kiss with anyone, on or off camera, can be intimidating. I've been kissing for nearly two deca...
RACHEL MCADAMS I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My t...
NIECY NASH All I could say was, "I don't know what to do." I remember her taking me by the shoulders and lookin...
ELIZABETH GILBERT Ladies,Please dress how you would like to be approached and talked to. Don't dress like a hoe and ex...
UNKNOWN Interdependent Thinking is a true system view of the world.
PEARL ZHU „Ein Mensch kann niemals Tier werden, er stürzt am Tier vorbei in den Abgrund
MARLEN HAUSHOFER She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser...
J.D. SALINGER Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
J.D. SALINGER I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I...
SCOTT RITTER If anything, I've seen myself as the full spectrum of colors, and to be faced with not being abl...
BILLY DEE WILLIAMS The truth is, I would do anything for Alan Rudolph. If he asked me to stand on my head and spit wood...
LESLEY ANN WARREN I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them wha...
SCOTT IAN I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d...
KEVIN O'LEARY I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d...
KEVIN O'LEARY I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't t...
HALLE BERRY Something wrong with your child? Feed them and put them to bed. Something wrong with your man? Feed ...
SUSAN CARTWRIGHT I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.
ERWIN SCHRODINGER I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies;...
DENNIS QUAID If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if...
JOHN CLEESE I would hardly say that I have a rich knowledge of anything in particular, but I do seem to be burde...
THOMAS STEINBECK Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person.
JEFFREY FRY Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms.
ELIZABETH HURLEY By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pre...
JEMIMA KIRKE I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.
GAIL CARRIGER I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people la...
ROSEANNE BARR I'm loyal to a fault - even though I've been to hell and back with Vince McMahon, I would ne...
HULK HOGAN I'm glad that young black people are successful with the music. I'm not a hater.
DMX But you know, I'm not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a youn...
ELAINE PAIGE I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with th...
DANIEL BALDWIN I don't think anyone would care about my private life because I don't do anything. I'm a...
DANIELLE PANABAKER I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
VIC TAYBACK I want someone that I can have fun with and laugh with. I love to laugh, and I'm really sarcasti...
MATT LANTER I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a...
ARI GRAYNOR I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I&...
DEMI LOVATO You are not the happy, unthinking child you have always appeared to be, accepting everything at its ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE I would love to do the therapist on 'Two and a Half Men' again or just work with Charlie She...
JANE LYNCH If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.
KENDRICK LAMAR The day Apollo 11 landed, I knew men would walk on Mars in my lifetime. I'm no longer nearly so ...
SPIDER ROBINSON I love that I can tell the truth and have people laugh at it.
KEVIN HART I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing...
LINUS TORVALDS I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.
ZACK GREINKE Be careful of relying on the opinion of others, these are the same people that like liver.
NANETTE L. AVERY Why ruin my sister's birthday simply because the entire planet was going to hell in a hand basket?
T.C. BOYLE Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist...
PRINCE I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. ...
THOM MAYNE The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I ju...
BILL BURR The truth is that I don't have a favourite goal. I remember important goals more than I do favou...
LIONEL MESSI A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dar...
JIM YONG KIM I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy...
T. C. BOYLE I'm a free spirit, so if I am with someone it has to be a man who understands that, and not all ...
MARISA BERENSON The name 'Wiz' comes from me being the youngest dude in my age group of people that I hung o...
WIZ KHALIFA Today, two young men have been charged with crimes they did not commit. This is a tragedy. For the t...
BOB EKSTRAND Gender is a way to hide from the simple truth we all tell: 'Hey, I'm here, I have a body....
SUSAN GRIFFIN That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres...
J.D. SALINGER I feel naked without earrings. I'll pass out twice. It feels like I'm missing a body part.
TIONNE WATKINS I'm not on a mission. I'm not a paragon of health for anybody. I'm not going to run a ma...
DUFF GOLDMAN I love lifestyle stuff, I love housewares. I'm really a homebody, honestly. Anything to do with ...
KELIS You're gonna laugh when I tell you this, man, but I'm starting to enjoy Eminem.
ALAN VEGA I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a p...
JACK WHITE I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.
MICHAEL JACKSON When 'Men's Health' reached out and said, 'Will you be on the 'Today Show' a...
AARON SCHOCK The reason that I'm here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encourage...
LADY GAGA I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always l...
R. KELLY Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth
SOCRATES I mean, I'm willing to do anything with Chris Chulack - he's one of my favorite directors I&...
C. THOMAS HOWELL I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies...
AARON SPELLING I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of ...
PAUL GIAMATTI Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least...
FAITH PRINCE If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that's bigger than anything e...
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