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  • I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor. -- Rebel Wilson
  • Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time. -- Bill Walton
  • Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics. -- Bob Cousy
  • Winner gave me my bread and Russell gave me my art. -- Oliver Reed
  • I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece. -- Kevin Hart
  • Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands -- Bob Hope
  • Russell Defreitas plotted to commit a terrorist attack that he hoped would rival 9/11. -- Loretta Lynch
  • I'm going to try and model myself after Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. -- Haley Joel Osment
  • Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful. -- Vanessa Ferlito
  • Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful." -- Vanessa Ferlito
  • I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell. -- Richard Griffiths
  • Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor. -- Claire Tomalin
  • I would have loved to play against Bill Russell. He was such a force. -- Tim Duncan
  • Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it. -- Nia Vardalos
  • I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way. -- Carl Sandburg
  • I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons. -- Kevin Hart
  • I don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone. -- Jai Courtney
  • As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun. -- Martin Gardner
  • Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, .. most unlikely. -- Peter Weir
  • The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?" -- Sidney Hook
  • You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator. -- Joel Siegel
  • I can't rate myself, but if you ask Russell, I'm sure he'd give me a ten out of ten. -- Katy Perry
  • The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. -- Leon M. Lederman
  • I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S Grant in full military regalia. -- Mark Twain
  • Russell Crowe is very committed at getting it right but at the same time, he likes to have fun. -- Rachel McAdams
  • I love the Seahawks because of Russell [Wilson] and I think that I'm going to probably go for them! -- Katy Perry
  • I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power. -- Josh Lucas
  • I have two Jack Russell terriers, Harley and Gracie, who I like to go running with in the park. -- Megan Hilty
  • If one official signals Falcons ball and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signals Seahawks ball, is it a jump ball? -- Norman Chad
  • David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer. -- Adam McKay
  • A master of tone and texture and an authority on the bizarre, Karen Russell writes with great flair and fearlessness. -- Carlo Wolff
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  • Russell Crowe is normally an actor who disappears so far into his characters you'd swear his DNA has been altered. -- David Edelstein
  • For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us. -- Avery Brooks
  • I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell. -- Adam Sandler
  • That's my main thing: I want to be on the level those guys [Derrick Rose,Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant] are on. -- John Wall
  • I learn that you can work really hard and still have a great time. That is part of Russell Crowe philosophy. -- Rachel McAdams
  • I'm going to start a new career as a singer, I think. I'm going to go the way of Russell Crowe. -- Orlando Bloom
  • Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man. -- A.J. Ayer
  • Bertrand Russell started off as a mathematician and then degenerated into a philosopher and finally into a humanist; he went downhill rapidly! -- Gregory Chaitin
  • Russell Brand has announced that he plans to write a series of children's books. First up: 'Horton Hears a Heroin Dealer.' -- Joan Rivers
  • I have learned more from Hayek than from any other living thinker, except perhaps Alfred Tarski - but not even excepting Russell. -- Karl Popper
  • They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't. -- Jacki Weaver
  • I don't think [Russell T Davies] sits up at night worrying about canonicity, except for the times when I'm pretty sure he does. -- Paul Cornell
  • My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell. -- Janet Fitch
  • I'd like a pop-up magazine with 45 articles on Russell Crowe. I'm like a teenager. I'd have 'Teen Beat' if I could, for grown-ups. -- Caroline Rhea
  • A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles. -- George Foreman
  • I always wanted to do a deal with Russell Simmons, and now I've got my signature on a piece of paper with his. -- El-P
  • So he's above the law because he's a celebrity or something. Just because you're Russell Crowe doesn't mean you can do whatever you like. -- Becky Freeman
  • My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself. -- Rob Lowe
  • I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing. -- Douglas Booth
  • Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best. -- Wilt Chamberlain
  • Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell. -- Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Doctor Who' is really close to my heart, and I felt like I was a part of it at the best time, with Russell T. -- Clive Standen
  • [I] browsed far outside science in my reading and attended public lectures - Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, Huxley, and Shaw being my favorite speakers. -- Raymond Cattell
  • Russell Wilson has got a tremendous competitive mindset and it stems from the confidence that he feels based on the preparation that he puts in. -- Pete Carroll
  • To put it simply, we first explain what we are talking about, and then explain why what we are saying is true (pace Bertrand Russell). -- IU?. I. Manin
  • Russell Crowe likes to tell jokes, which I can't. I can't remember a joke to save my life. I don't have a brain for it. -- Rachel McAdams
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  • I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian. -- Colin Firth
  • For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley. -- Matt Smith
  • If Russell Wilson gets outside of the protection and can scramble around, New England loses. If the Patriots keep him in the pocket, New England wins. -- Brian Billick
  • I am a junior senator, ninety-fifth on the seniority list, and so by Senate standards, my office in the Russell Senate Office Building is less than splendid. -- Jim Webb
  • If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from achieving true greatness. -- Rod Hundley
  • Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are? -- Bill Walton
  • In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform Oh Jean. -- Billy Boyd
  • In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.' -- Billy Boyd
  • Someone like Russell Crowe is questioned for his passion for music, and whatever he does, music is just in his heart and soul. All he wants to do is music. -- Tina Yothers
  • I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. -- Liev Schreiber
  • I heard Russell Simmons say that, 'people have million dollar dreams with a minimum wage work ethic.' Basically, everybody wanna be rich but don't nobody wanna work for it. -- Yo Gotti
  • If Russell Wilson wins this game... He starts to creep into the conversation of how we talk about Tom Brady, how we talk about Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, and Aaron Rodgers. -- Marshall Faulk
  • I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything -- Jennifer Connelly
  • I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research and questioning everything. -- Jennifer Connelly
  • I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of becoming a good man?' It's one of my favorite lines ever. -- Jonathan Banks
  • I was a huge Della Reese fan, when Della Reese was on. I idolized all the panelists. I was in love with Kitty Carlisle. Nipsey Russell, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Gene Rayburn. -- Cynthia Nixon
  • I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight. -- Wilt Chamberlain
  • Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell Wilson's only friend is a football. -- Jon Gruden
  • I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares. -- Benny Green
  • When I think about the fact that I get to work with stars like Will Ferrell or Kurt Russell my eyes fill with tears of joy and appreciation. I hope the ride keeps going. -- Erick Chavarria
  • Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards. -- Taylor Hackford
  • I love Keri Russell. I watched every episode of Felicity, and Waitress is my favorite film. I like her voice a lot - it didn't surprise me that she would be doing voiceover work. -- Virginia Madsen
  • I've tended to lean more toward the Dalai Lama and people like Russell Means who have been my political and spiritual North Stars, but I certainly regard Nelson Mandela with great respect and humility. -- Ian Astbury
  • I have been very interested in the number of kids who have read the Sherlock Holmes books after reading the Mary Russell books. That's great. That's more or less how I rediscovered the Holmes books. -- Laurie R. King
  • It's Russell Montgomery the Third, actually," said Rusty, still grinning. "But I'd be obliged if you keep that bit of information to yourself." "I don't imagine any of us cares enough to remember," Jared said. -- Sarah Rees Brennan
  • All philosophy is a 'critique of language' (though not in Mauthner's sense). It was Russell who performed the service of showing that the apparent logical form of a proposition need not be its real one. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs and Russell Simmons have made millions from their clothing lines. -- Michael Eric Dyson
  • The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. -- Lydia Davis
  • There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe... well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe. -- Michael Jai White
  • I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot. -- Ryan Guzman
  • Well it was not exactly a dissertation in logic, at least not the kind of logic you would find in Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica for instance. It looked more like mathematics; no formalized language was used. -- Alonzo Church
  • I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach. -- Michael Mann
  • Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and psychology. He's redefining and reforming the role of the philosopher. -- Marvin Minsky
  • My favorite movie is 'The Women' from 1939. It's been my favorite movie since I was like 12 years old. I love the dialogue, really. It's just a lot of really strong female performances. Rosalind Russell kills it, you know. -- Anna Kendrick
  • Who's famous anymore? No one. There are these comedians that are famous in a weird way. There are comedians, like Anjelah Johnson and Russell Peters, [who] are unbelievably famous, but in a way they're selling out 1,000-person stadiums. -- Moshe Kasher
  • The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I've got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they'd ask 'And who's the girl?' Just one famous face isn't enough any more. -- Gary Oldman
  • I admire Russell Simmons. He is a successful dude that has done a little bit of everything. He keeps it moving, and he's still doing things. Larry David is also amazing. He is honest and blunt. A creative genius. -- J. B. Smoove
  • I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans. -- Bill Walton
  • Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed. -- Benny Green
  • To have mentors and moguls like Russell Simmons and Chuck D pushing me forward and empowering my movement makes me all the more eager to continue pursuing my dream to make my mark on hip hop music and culture. -- Lazarus of Bethany
  • Every director's so different. Everybody has their own modus operandi and I love getting to know different directors in the way they work. David O. Russell is very exciting to be with because he's got a mind like quicksilver. -- Jacki Weaver
  • In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they didn't know at all - and let people discover them through the course of the film. -- Curtis Hanson
  • I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61 and Kurt Russell, and so there were a variety of different people that I enjoyed working with. -- Andre Braugher
  • Russell Means is quite a legend in the Indian community for what he's been able to achieve. It was a real honor to work with a guy who's been on the front lines of fighting for what he believes in. -- Karl Urban
  • What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best. -- Javier Bardem
  • I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day. -- Julie Bowen
  • The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting. I loved working with Judith Light and all the other actors on the show at that time. -- Michael Storm
  • Bertrand Russell used a hypothetical teapot in orbit about Mars for the same didactic purpose. You have to be agnostic about the teapot, but that doesn't mean you treat the likelihood of its existence as being on all fours with its non-existence. -- Richard Dawkins
  • Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue - and no one should be allowed to read them. -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • I'm a huge fan of 'Buffy,' 'Angel' and 'Doctor Who.' People like Joss Whedon, Russell T. Davies, and Steven Moffat are really amazing about making you feel like you had a complete meal and yet leaving you hungry for more. -- Andrew Kreisberg
  • A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put in this position by a letter from Mr. Bertrand Russell when the work was nearly through the press. -- Gottlob Frege
  • You see a whole bunch of different looks in the NBA. Guys, like LeBron, have stylists now, and they do their own thing. Then you have Russell Westbrook, whose style is a little different. Every guy is wearing outfits to show their personality. -- Chandler Parsons
  • I had never seen so many cute men in one place in my life. But I could tell they were not for me. Russell was like the gay vampire Hugh Hefner, and this was the Playboy Mansion, with an emphasis on the "boy. -- Charlaine Harris
  • The Internet is where we all go to for the first stop of information. It's not the library any more, it's the Internet and if I want to find out about Kate Russell, what do I do? I Google Kate Russell. Simple as that. -- Theo Paphitis
  • If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either. -- Klaus Kinski
  • A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. -- Richard Russo
  • Though Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist in Montana. But later, maybe a year and a half ago, they named it one of the 50 greatest pictures ever made at National Geographic. -- Sam Abell
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  • I made so many jokes about poor Russell Crowe, he once knocked on my dressing room door, and told me he wanted to go out on this chat show we were on to laugh with me. Now he's ruined it. I can't make another joke about him. -- Joan Rivers
  • Even Bertrand Russell, who fancied he saw flaws in Christ's character, confessed nonetheless that 'What the world needs is love, Christian love, or compassion.' But this belies a belief in what most others acknowledge, namely, that Christ was the perfect manifestation of the virtue of love. -- Norman Geisler
  • It's not just back-to-back Super Bowls - it's back-to-back Super Bowls in his first three years, it's back-to-back Super Bowls climbing over the backs of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning... If Russell Wilson wins back-to-back Super Bowls, there is no doubt it puts him amongst the top. -- Michael Irvin
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