#told

Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#britain #card #come #family #give

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem. ↗

— Alex Cox

#big #big problem #corporations #creates #dictate

I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.' ↗

— Nikki Cox

#cute #enough #ever #extrovert #good

When we went to cover it I thought we would change it to a song of loving and longing instead of the sex machine song Kylie turned it into. I've met Kylie and told her we were covering her song and she was pleased. ↗

— Wayne Coyne

#cover #covering #her #i #instead

A week before shooting, they told me, You don't have the part, yet. We're still trying to find a handicapped kid who can act. Either that or we break your legs. ↗

— Kieran Culkin

#before #break #either #find #handicapped

My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#balanced #dad #good #grounding #i

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#bee #birds #butcher #got #him

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#always #day #did #eye #garbage

My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#friend #liked #me #mother #never

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#accept #back #childhood #christmas #dose