#except

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#clear #desire #except #livelihood #man

American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so. ↗

— Elizabeth A. Sherman

#always #american #avoid #brutal #dictators

No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. ↗

— Charles Simmons

#man #pleases #right

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#eat #effort #every #except #federal

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. ↗

— Richard Rorty

#deep #deep down #down #except #inside

American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring. ↗

— Sid Vicious

#american audiences #any #audiences #bit #boring

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. ↗

— John Malkovich

#father #influence #me #strong

Only because The Runaways were my baby and there's no reason to get it back together except to totally have fun. If that's not the goal, then I don't want to do it. ↗

— Joan Jett

#back #because #except #fun #get

Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater, and my values were about the work, and not being a star or anything like that. I'm not spoiled in that way, and if I fight for something, it's about the work, not about how big my trailer is. ↗

— Amy Irving

#anything #being #big #breed #count

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded. ↗

— Amy Irving

#exceptions #few #older #simply #than