#ass

Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#actually #always #character #class #come

When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#billy #catering #had #i #indiana

Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#assistant #besides #clean #clean up #doing

History passes the final judgment. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#history #judgment #passes

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#class #colonial #father #important #man

If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#fruit #great #logical #logical thing #passion

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring. ↗

— Roman Polanski

#boring #i #incredibly #interesting #love

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#assessment #criterion #insist #instead #largely

The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#come #contingent #defend #fact #others

Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#ask #country #encouragement #hold #me