#bust

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy

I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. ↗

— Steven Wright

#bad #bad luck #busted #five #get

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

#combustion #fire #must #result #set

Everyone wants to work in America. Maybe not blockbusters or Terminator, but to have the choice. ↗

— Eva Green

#blockbusters #choice #everyone #maybe #terminator

I like serious films, the moneymaking blockbusters that don't make any kind of sense and John Carpenter films. ↗

— Pam Grier

#blockbusters #carpenter #films #i #john

The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor, and the main event during its combustion is the splitting off of hydrogen. ↗

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

#combustion #donor #during #essentially #event

I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get. ↗

— Randy Harrison

#blockbuster #career #cruise #ever #frankly

Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#apples #back #blockbuster #comparing #eating

I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#becoming #blockbuster #built #company #dvd

Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#access #american #american citizen #average #average american