#screwed

I admit I'm being paid well, but it's no more than I deserve. After all, I've been screwed more times than a hooker. ↗

— Sean Connery

#after #been #being #deserve #i

I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead. ↗

— Mary Crosby

#agent #because #card #dead #forget

Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#ambassador #any #compete #dependent #far

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am today. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#became #cultural #esteemed #figure #hooked

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#bored #child #day #everywhere #i

The teachers are getting screwed, blued, and tattooed by the system. ↗

— Kinky Friedman

#screwed #system #tattooed #teachers

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#been #black #complicated #does #ennoble

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#clubhouse #feel #guys #how #like

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#comebacks #first #fourth #guy #hear

Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#because #force #happen #head #i