My first super-worn-out tapes were Michael Jackson's 'Bad' and the soundtrack to 'Dirty Dancing.' The soundtrack to 'Dirty Dancing' is actually really phenomenal.
There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous.
I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
True, [Gary Nolan] might not strike fear into the hearts of all you free-swinging power hitters out there—at least not in the same way as, say, Tom Seaver … but without question he was one of the most talented pitchers in baseball during the Big ...
Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my e...
Slinky Dog: Pardon me, gentlemen, but have either of you seen a cowboy doll with a bad arm? Blue Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot: [politely] Why, no. I haven't. Red Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot: [yelling] Hey! He was talkin' to me! Blue Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot: N...
Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?
I guess we're all composed of a lot of mistakes; we just have to figure out how to take our mistakes and make something good out of them.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I think I would have more fun chopping thistles with a butter knife.
I didn't feel strong. I felt like a big ball of wuss that wanted to curl up in my bed and never get out.
Be clear and smiling for those who are glad to see you. Someone who is not, let his way darken like a pen leaving a faltering ink trail.
Next time -- we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren!
You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips... an all I can think about is what it'ud be like to kiss you.
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
Words are things. The words he is in possession of he cannot be deprived of. Their authority transcends his ignorance of their meaning.
I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was speaking to a member of the aristocracy.
Writing is like breathing underwater. It's really hard to do unless you can imagine yourself a nice set of gills.
You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.
Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?
These squatters aren’t just aliens, drifters and undesirables. They’re new world barbarians, conquering free spaces and making them their own.
