My Favorite Quotes - Page 39

• My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Father, Book, Night

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• I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death the finest tribute any writer could receive. ... Somewhere In Time is my favorite novel.

  Richard Matheson

  Dream, Book, Thinking

  "ED GORMAN CALLING: We Talk to Richard Matheson". www.mysteryfile.com.

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• It's [Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You"] been one of my favorite songs for my entire life.

  Jane Monheit

  Song, Cases, Favorite Song

  "Job Envy: Singer Jane Monheit" by Porter Anderson, edition.cnn.com. October 6, 2001.

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• I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such.

  Cannonball Adderley

  Dukes, Jazz, Philosopher

  Interview by the "Chicago SEED", November, 1968.

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• Im interested in the liberating aspect of being totally untethered, let loose in the worst possible environments. My favorite artists are always women that do things that are so wrong... I like things to be seven kinds of wrong. If they are seven kinds of wrong, sometimes the wrongs neutralize themselves, and the whole thing becomes.

  Ashley Bickerton

  Artist, Kind, Environment

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• I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and Hard Times'. I just loved those films.

  Holt McCallany

  Hard Times, Boys, Play

  "Holt McCallany and Warren Leight Interview LIGHTS OUT". Interview, collider.com. March 23, 2011.

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• I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life.

  Holt McCallany

  Sports, Boxing, Favorite Sports

  "Holt McCallany and Warren Leight Interview LIGHTS OUT". Interview, collider.com. March 23, 2011.

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• 'I don't know' is my favorite position.

  Byron Katie

  Position, Knows

  Twitter post from Jul 19, 2010

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• They found a scrapbook with photos of Osama bin Laden from the '90s, and they're studying each and every photo very, very closely. My favorite shot of Osama bin Laden was right between the eyes.

  David Letterman

  Eye, Study, Osama Bin Laden

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• The Master and Margarita is my favorite. To me it’s the greatest exploration of the human imagination.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Imagination, Exploration, Margarita

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• Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison Ford are among my favorite actors. Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Deborah Winger, Jessica Lange, and of course, Shirley MacLaine, are among the women.

  Frederick Lenz

  Warrior, Actors, Fields

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• I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

  Alexis Bledel

  Pieces, Periods, Enjoy

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. October 8, 2002.

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• The Dodgers. My favorite hockey team is the Kings. I like the Clippers in basketball. And I like USC college. Football, the Giants.

  Alyssa Milano

  Basketball, Football, Kings

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• Big L is my favorite rapper of all time. He got killed quite a few years ago now but I think he's amazing and he kind of inspires me like his style inspires me. I don't think there's been anyone better since. I mean, Biggie Smalls is definitely on the top of the list but Big L is like the underdog, I like to give him the edge.

  Andy Milonakis

  Mean, Thinking, Rapper

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• I'll just have to get it against my favorite team.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Team

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• When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I was a South dude. So I grew up on UGK, Triple Six, Outkast, and Pastor Troy. That's where I get my lingo, my slang, my passion.

  Cyhi the Prynce

  Passion, Rapper, Hip Hop

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I'm not someone who can sing anything... And my favorite singers aren't people whose voice you would say is amazing. I'm a big Bob Dylan fan, a huge David Bowie fan... none of those people have orthodox, cabaret voices. These are people where what they're singing about is just as important as how they're singing it.

  Boy George

  Voice, People, Singing

  "Boy George Talks Culture Club Reunion, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.

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• Collaborative is my favorite word in moviemaking.

  J.K. Simmons

  Favorite Words

  Source: collider.com

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• I always say one of my favorite things about making movies is finishing on that last day because I get to have my life back and let that go, and hopefully have a real sense of accomplishment at the end of it.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Real, Accomplishment, Finishing

  FaceBook post by Mark Wahlberg from Mar 30, 2015

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• I don't know how I would have gotten through this life without someone to really love me and I love them, him, and them [family]. It's forgiving. Love is very forgiving to one another and your friends and it's a powerful, powerful emotion and it's my favorite emotion in life. Now, write that down and read it and remember it.

  Eva Marie Saint

  Powerful, Writing, Love Is

  Source: collider.com

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• My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15 and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.

  Win Butler

  Teacher, School, Years

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• My favorite thing [about surfing] is being creative on waves; it's like an art form. You can do whatever you want on that wave if you work hard at it and just have fun out there.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Art, Fun, Hard Work

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• I don't do much cooking, but one of my favorite dishes to eat is my wife's macaroni and cheese.

  Ice Cube

  Wife, Cooking, Cheese

  "Ice Cube The "22 Jump Street" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com. 2014.

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• I want to always be youthful and have the energy to run around and play hide and seek, which is one of my favorite games.

  Michael Jackson

  Running, Games, Play

  "Children 'saved me,' Michael Jackson said". "Dateline", www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2009.

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• One of my favorite things on the show was just getting to do my own monologue and talking about someone who killed themselves, or making a joke about some horrible tragedy - I love being able to fight for and get on TV. I just think it's so different.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Fighting, Love Is, Thinking

  "Anthony Jeselnik on roasting, ripping off Jack Handey, and giving the devil his own TV show". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 12, 2013.

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