#actually

Nowadays, people don't ask you how you are, they say, 'Are you busy?' meaning, 'Are you well?' If someone actually does ask you how you are, the most cheerful answer, of course, is a robust 'Busy!' to which the person will reply 'Good!' ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#answer #ask #busy #cheerful #course

I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince. ↗

— Ted Demme

#been #i #like #miramax #now

I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#allegations #cabinet #correct #even #i

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor. ↗

— Colin Firth

#age #become #better #changed #course

One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#alright #cause #come #convince #depressed

There wasn't much around. After the shows, we would go to an Italian restaurant that a friend of ours owned and so I didn't get a chance to see much. Actually, that holds true of most places I've been. ↗

— Connie Francis

#after #around #been #chance #friend

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#book #cover #else #enough #fact

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer. ↗

— Clement Freud

#drinking #give #just #live #longer

I was a student at Columbia College, actually, in the Architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens, showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#architecture #college #columbia #drive #i

I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#actually #been #continue #department #gave