Quotes of: Were Keyword

We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.

Gone Girl

There was murder, there was rape, there were unspeakable practices, and all of them were for the good, the bloody good, the bloody myth, for the grail, for the Tower.

The Gunslinger

There were lies we told to save ourselves, and then there were lies we told to rescue others. What counted more, the mistruth, or the greater good?

Handle with Care

And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.

Back When You Were Easier to Love

A person should try to understand dreams. A person should take warning from them.

Back When You Were Easier to Love

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...

Brave New World

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age.

Brad Gilbert

I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.

Elizabeth Debicki

I started playing the violin at age 3, and I was very fortunate because there were people who heard me who were influential in getting me auditions. By the time I was 7, I was playing concerts - it was just ridiculous.

Phil Ramone

Puberty was not kind to me. I had acne, eczema and had a stye in my eye, so it was quite hard to go in to somewhere where the majority were boys. At that age, they were quite vocal about what they thought of your looks.

Sophie Wu

I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.

Beeban Kidron

It's interesting when you're in your thirties and you're not the same pretty boy that you were when you were 21. I think people's anger at themselves getting older is projected on to you because you become a symbol of that.

Rupert Graves

At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost.

Alice Walker

Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.

David Mamet

Jack: "..You were the on­ly one I saw when I closed my eyes" Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough when they were open?

Avoiding Commitment

The next day I had a hangover. I realised that if getting drunk was how people forgot they were mortal, then hangovers were how they remembered.

The Humans

The eyes were of a color which he could never decide on, afterwards when he told the story he used to say they were the color of everything in Spring.

Huntingtower

The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive—if their looks matched their charm and their cunning—they wouldn't only be dangerous. They would be .

Horrorscape

Never in all her life had she imagined that this idolized millinery could look, to those who paid for it, like the decorations of an insane monkey.

If I Were a Man