I ultimately wanna do big movies, and I've been so close so many times. They keep giving my roles to girls with just a little more exposure than me.
[pulling out his pump-action shotgun] Hicks: I like to keep this handy... for close encounters. Frost: I heard *that.*
Howard Hughes: I want ten chocolate chip cookies. Medium chips. None too close to the outside.
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.
Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'
The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president.
I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.
A path toward Truth is darkness; a journey through the woods, at night, blindfolded. Find 'Self' & you can find Light with eyes closed.
Finding the one who loves you is like lottery but you don't have to close up the page, just keep on searching and you'll find.
If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.
I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.
The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.
One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
It's useless to paint a closed door, in order to change its color. The door needs to be open for both sides to change as same.
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
I felt very close to God.... My friends say that's because I was always on my knees.
When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jittery vortices in the air.
Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'
Keep your friends close, enemies closer. Takes little effort to drive a sharp knife through their hearts when they outlive their uselessness!
