#coup

I never staged a coup. They picked me up. Like I say, they forced me to become premier, maybe hoping that by that way, they send me to the electric chair. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#chair #coup #electric #forced #hoping

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#academy awards #after #areas #awards #being

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#couple #extra #heartbeat #hours #i

I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose. ↗

— Mike Royko

#bad #bad guys #couple #find #guys

I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of films have come over the desk. I will probably not do either one of them. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#come #couple #desk #either #fall

I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head. ↗

— Graham Russell

#characters #couple #days #everything #fall

I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#get #go #i #know #months

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express. ↗

— Morley Safer

#beautiful #beautiful woman #board #couple #does

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#drained #event #golf #i #make

When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#couple #far #far away #game #get