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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great. -- Val Kilmer
I went to Samuel Ayer High School, which is now Milpitas High School. -- Grant Show
I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison. -- James Cronin
Samuel Beckett's estate will not license productions of his plays that are not performed as written. -- Terry Teachout
I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game. -- Joel Kinnaman
During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk. -- Fred Allen
Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that! -- Ice Cube
Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time. -- Billy Collins
I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays. -- Harold Pinter
Great actors like Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page and Samuel L. Jackson will go and do a videogame, because they understand that storytelling isn't just necessarily about filmmaking. -- Andy Serkis
Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen. -- Trevor Rabin
Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present. -- Leslie Fiedler
Right after graduation, I married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator. I spent the next ten years in Connecticut, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., raising our children, Christopher, Tom, and Lucy. -- Natalie Babbitt
I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I wrote, produced and directed it, but I wasn't in it. -- Bob Balaban
The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian exile, a revision much more thorough than is commonly assumed, condemns as heretical the whole age of the Kings. -- Julius Wellhausen
The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and I've often found myself following in their footsteps - although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km. -- Arthur Smith
I have 800 books of just Samuel Beckett's work, tons of his correspondence, personal letters that he wrote. I have copies of plays he used when he directed, so all of his handwritten notes are in the corners of the page. -- John Larroquette
To go back and read Swift and Defoe and Samuel Johnson and Smollett and Pope - all those people we had to read in college English courses - to read them now is to have one of the infinite pleasures in life. -- David McCullough
I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome. -- Kellan Lutz
On the day I was born, or possibly on one of the following days, my father went on a walk in the forested hills and thought of a name for me. His first son was called Daniel, and Samuel in memory of one of his forefathers. -- Immanuel Velikovsky
The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson) -- Tobias Smollett
Samuel Johnson Is Indignant:that Scotland has so few trees. -- Lydia Davis
When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit -- David Lloyd George
I'll want to hear,' Samuel said. 'I eat stories like grapes. -- John Steinbeck
Judge Samuel Alito's accomplishments in life are the embodiment of the American dream. -- Frank Lautenberg
Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one. -- Edward Dahlberg
If my name were Mark Twain, I'd write under the pseudonym "Samuel Clemens." -- Jarod Kintz
I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Samuel Johnson said a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience,Kirkland said. -- Mary Jo Putney
If you don't like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don't like cinema. -- Martin Scorsese
I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison." -- James Cronin
Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists. -- Kenneth Goldsmith
Her smile was like a Samuel Beckett play - easy to read but difficult to interpret. -- Bob Smith
The worst isn't done. The worst is just beginning, and there are no happy endings. (Samuel Tarly) -- George R. R. Martin
I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running. -- Edward Albee
Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself. -- Scott McClanahan
With [Samuel] Eto'o, I talked a lot about his great career and how I could become a better player. -- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order. -- Stefan Halper
Samuel Eto'o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at Â£350,000 per week - that's Â£5,000 a day -- Clive Tyldesley
Judge [Samuel] Alito should see criticism as a badge of honor worn by many past and present members of the Court. -- Chuck Grassley
Why does Samuel Butler say, 'Wise men never say what they think of women'? Wise men never say anything else apparently. -- Virginia Woolf
Samuel Gompers has spent his life trying to keep labor from working too hard and has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. -- Will Rogers
The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows? -- Jose Mourinho
Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness." ...On the other hand, he SAID it. -- Art Spiegelman
The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others. -- Edward Albee
Judge [Samuel] Alito enjoys the support and respect of the people who work with him, practice with him and, therefore, know him best. -- Chuck Grassley
Life is fleeting, Samuel said. A short leap, in the eye of the Eternal, from dust to dust. May you pass it together. -- Eric Corder
As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion. -- Dick Durbin
I kind of got inspired by [William] Wordsworth and [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge - I went the old traditional way of finding inspiration, I guess... -- Eliot Paulina Sumner
Judge [Samuel Alito], there's a genuine struggle going on well beyond you, well beyond the Congress, in America about how to read the Constitution. -- Joe Biden
War begins like a pretty girlwith whom every man wants to flirtand ends like an ugly old womanwhose visitors suffer and weep- Samuel ha-Nagid -- Bernard Lewis
[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! -- Hester Lynch Piozzi
Judge [Samuel] Alito, I'll tell you the same thing I told John Roberts. I expect you to adhere to the Code of Judicial Conduct. -- Jon Kyl
On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great. -- Eugene Mirman
The fact that Judge [Samuel] Alito is such a baseball fan gives me even more confidence that he knows the proper role of a judge. -- Orrin Hatch
[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them. -- Anthony Minghella
The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7) -- Beth Moore
Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito]. -- Jon Kyl
I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide political matters. -- Sam Brownback
Scarcely any law of our Redeemer is more openly transgressed, or more industriously evaded, than that by which he commands his followers to forgive injuries. Samuel -- Lyndon B. Johnson
He [Samuel Beckett] is great, a very great writer. Any modern writer is bound to be influenced by [James] Joyce. Of course, by Beckett as well. -- William S. Burroughs
I remember when Samuel Okwaraji died on the field, I was mute and I didn't even know what I was doing or what I was saying. -- Stephen Keshi
I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal. We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman. -- Cherie Priest
It matters not that giants of tribulation torment you. Your prayerful access to help is just as real as when David battled his Goliath. see 1 Samuel 17. -- Russell M. Nelson
Gramercy Park is a four-acre square given in perpetuity to the residents surrounding it, 170 years ago, by Samuel Ruggles, a real estate developer of immoderate means. -- Bill Buford
Apparently deciding Charles's brief introduction wasn't good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. â??Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Annaâ?? -- Patricia Briggs
Judge Samuel Alito, millions of Americans are concerned about your nomination. They're worried that you would be a judicial activist who would restrict our rights and freedoms. -- Dick Durbin
From Samuel Adams to Patrick Henry to Benjamin Franklin to Alexander Hamilton, all the Founders intended religion to provide a moral anchor for our liberty in democracy. -- William Bennett
The famous herbalist Samuel Thompson used two herbs mainly, cayenne & lobelia. And with those two herbs, it is estimated he helped 3.5 million people recover from their illnesses. -- Richard M. Schulze
Tobacco . . . is not prohibited in the Scriptures, though, as Samuel Butler points out, St. Paul would no doubt have denounced it if he had known of it. -- Bertrand Russell
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light and understanding. -- Nathan Eldon Tanner
Judge [Samuel] Alito has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, as well as being a man of integrity. -- Chuck Grassley
In decision after decision on the bench, Judge [Samuel] Alito has excused abusive actions by the authorities that intrude on the personal privacy and freedoms of average Americans. -- Edward Kennedy
This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've been here in the last three decades. -- Joe Biden
Samuel Fuller pictures were both written and shot in such an unusual way that his voice came through loud and clear, and it made a big impression on me. -- Curtis Hanson
Reverend Samuel H. Weed, at my request selected two Greek words, 'cheir' and 'praktikos', meaning when combined, 'done by hand.' From which I coined the word, 'CHIROPRACTIC.' -- Daniel D. Palmer
Dr. Calder [a Unitarian minister] said of Dr. [Samuel] Johnson on the publications of Boswell and Mrs. Piozzi, that he was like Actaeon, torn to pieces by his own pack. -- Horace Walpole
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them personally. They helped me a lot. -- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of this weary pilgrimage." ~Samuel Johnson -- Edward M. Hallowell
A dominant wolf's desire to protect was a strong instinct- Samuel was very dominant. Give him an inch, and he's take over the world- my life, if I let him. Mercy -- Patricia Briggs
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I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government. -- Edward Kennedy
Another like me? Don't leave me out here with myself! I'd go mad. Pleasedon't leave me alone, Samuel! Just take me home!" Tears stream down her face."Please take me home!" -- Nathan Reese Maher
I had this client I'll call Samuel. Not his real name. I saw him steadily for twenty years, usually twice a month. Over twenty years you really get to know someone. -- Annie Sprinkle
I do not think a revival of business will be greatly postponed by [Samuel J.] Tilden's election. Business prosperity does not, inmy judgment, depend on government so much as men commonly think. -- Rutherford B. Hayes
She sees ghosts,? said Samuel, impatient with my whining. I see dead people,? I deadpanned back. Oddly, it was Uncle Mike who laughed. I hadn't thought he'd be a moviegoer. -- Patricia Briggs
I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them. -- Tamora Pierce
It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12). -- Matthew Henry
Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson, he credits their wisdom for his success. "They were both utterly brilliant men. And powerful communicators. Both have helped me all the way through life. Their lessons are easy to assimilate." -- Charlie Munger
Samuel Marshak was one of the founders of modern Russian children's literature. Soviet children used to know his poems by heart, but only since glasnost have American editors shown any interest in issuing his poems here. -- Michael Patrick Hearn
You're getting well,' Samuel said. 'Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around. -- John Steinbeck
There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a volume as Who Really Ought To Be Who his entry would require several pages. -- Robertson Davies
Any suggestion that Mexicans are fundamentally different from Americans should be taken as racist on its face; America, after all, is a pluralistic society, and Mexico is hardly the alien civilization that some (really, just Samuel Huntington) would suggest. -- David Plotz
Quoting Samuel Johnson: "Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves. -- James Boswell
Just as He had done with David, Samuel, and Joseph of the Old Testament, God took an innocent, unlearned boy, one still unsullied by the world and pliable to His divine will, and molded and shaped him into His chosen prophet. -- M. Russell Ballard
If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice will have a direct impact on the lives and liberties of our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren. -- Edward Kennedy
Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity. -- Novala Takemoto
I'm one that believes that Samuel Alito appointment on the Supreme Court is a pivotal appointment. And because he replace Sandra Day O'Connor and because she was the fifth vote on 148 cases, you well could be a very key and decisive vote. -- Dianne Feinstein
The fierce ambitions of Carver Dana Andrews, son of a Baptist preacher, might well have been imagined by Horatio Alger, Jr.-- or Samuel Goldwyn-- but not the hidden costs behind those achievements. Carl Rollyson compassionately captures the man behind the movie star. -- Marion Meade
I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful. -- Michael Josephson
If God has called you to China or any other place and you are sure in your own heart, let nothing deter you.Remember, it is God who has called you and it is the same as when He called Moses or Samuel. -- Gladys Aylward
At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig. -- John Steinbeck
I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his famous remark about when a man is tired of London he is tired of life...I can't dispute it. -- Bill Bryson
It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us. -- Thomas Paine
I'm very disturbed at the picture that was painted by Senator Ted Kennedy that Samuel Alito is not a man of his word, that he is dishonest. The implication that he is not reliable I don't think is a fair characterization of what I've read. -- Tom Coburn
Samuel laughed out loud. "You still haven't figured it out, have you, Mercy? He never was mad about the car. He was the first one at the scene of the accident. He thought you'd killed yourself. We all did. That was a pretty spectacular wreck. -- Patricia Briggs
Frank Moore Cross is also a leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, which he's been since they were discovered more than 50 years ago. He's just completing an edition of one of the most significant scrolls for Biblical studies, the Book of Samuel from the Dead Sea Scrolls. -- Hershel Shanks
In an era when America is still too divided by race and by riches, Judge [Samuel] Alito has not written one single opinion on the merits in favor of a person of color alleging race discrimination on the job: in 15 years on the bench, not one. -- Edward Kennedy
Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison: this paradox fuels equal parts of comedy and pathos. Never sentimental, at once corrosive and elegiac, House Mother Normal is a remarkable achievement. -- James Marcus
Judge Samuel Alito was born and raised in the great state of New Jersey. Our state has a legacy of producing outstanding jurists, most notably the late William J. Brennan, who ushered in our nation's recommitment to civil rights in the latter half of the 20th century. -- Frank Lautenberg
Samuel, safety is my watchword. Rest assured that proper procedures will be followed at all times.Skipper giggled. Tell me, Mump. What ARE proper procedures exactly?Simple, said Mump. One: cause maximum chaos in the shortest possible time. Two: try not to get your head blown off. -- Steve Voake
Ben Marcus has created an innovative and unflinching portrait of the turmoil of the human condition, providing the reader a most rare gift: something truly new. Notable American Women contains strains of Donald Antrim and Samuel Beckett but is beholden to neither; it is a brave, original book. -- Myla Goldberg
I look at my career and I feel I have the potential to maybe mature into a Samuel Jackson-type older cat, and people will still respect me and say 'Yo, Ice-T was wild', into my old age. And why not? I don't necessarily think I'll be rapping in 10 years. -- Ice T
In Kamby Bolongo Mean River damage and delusion walk hand in hand, and everything we think we know is gradually called into question. Reading like a cross between Samuel Beckett's 'The Calmative' and Gordon Lish's Dear Mr. Capote, Robert Lopez's new novel gets under your skin and latches on. -- Brian Evenson
Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean...[John Muir to Samuel Hall Young] -- Samuel Hall Young
In an era where the White House is abusing power, is excusing and authorizing torture and is spying on American citizens, I find Judge [Samuel] Alito's support for an all-powerful executive branch to be genuinely troubling. -- Samuel Alito
Learn the leading precognita of all things-no need to turn over leaf by leaf, but grasp the trunk hard and you will shake all the branches. Advice cherished by Samuel Johnson that that, if one is to master any subject, one must first discover its general principles. -- Samuel Johnson
The wedding ring on my left hand was bought by my grandfather, Samuel Miliband, in Brussels in 1920. I never knew him, as he died when I was one. But his ring was kept by my aunt until it was placed on my finger by my wife Louise 32 years later. -- David Miliband
Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style by absorbing the lucid sentences of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson. -- Francine Prose

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