#were

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#available #before #completion #considered #finished

Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#british #controls #elite #more #much

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#i #irresistible #life #makes #me

Anyone who knows me, knows I don't walk away from a commitment, but I had a commitment to myself. Yes, there were times Nickelodeon made it more difficult than it needed to be, but there were also times they made it easier. ↗

— Joe Murray

#anyone #away #commitment #difficult #easier

If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#christ #color #coming #considerable #considerable number

Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#always #blessed #can-do #circumstances #countries

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#became #bill #bill clinton #clinton #credit

I grew up in Toronto and as long as I can remember, as long as there was cable, even those old cable boxes that were wired to the TV, there have been Bollywood movies on Toronto TV. ↗

— Mike Myers

#bollywood #boxes #cable #even #grew

Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party, we would literally play music between takes, and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey, come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time. ↗

— Mike Myers

#come #great #great time #had #hang

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#austen #authors #because #best #books