August 2009
155 posts
Microsoft in web photo racism row →
Singer falls into orchestra pit →
First Steven Tyler now this. Occupational hazard.
“I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American...”
– Jack Valenti - Testimony to the US House of Representatives (1982)
Director on £45 zombie film →
Work with what you’ve got.
Make it with what you have instead of saying you can’t do it because you don’t have a 70mm camera, tins of film and money to develop it.
I Am Banksy →
“I never cancel a performance because mentally, I’ve already spent the fee.”
– Maureen Forrester - Canadian Contralto
“When one makes a recording…you are influencing not only many more people...”
– Glenn Herbert Gould
“Finally a book about me! I loved this book and fell deeply in love with the...”
– Steve Martin - About Morris Walker’s “Steve Martin - The Magic Years”
“Anyway, I’m looking forward to this internet adventure, as a way of...”
– Steve Martin - Web Site
“My worst enemies are those who presume me to be harmless. They cannot imagine...”
– Anton Szandor LaVey
“You know, the only thing that matters is that you become yourself.”
– Glenn Gould
“The patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.”
“Discharge status - alive, but without my permission.”
“The patient is crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.”
“She has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1983.”
“The patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.”
“She has no rigours or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in...”
“The patient has no previous history of suicide.”
“The patient refused an autopsy.”
“Darryl Powell had a groin operation at the end of last season, recovering...”
– Derby County’s offical website
Musicians pay tribute to Les Paul →
“Hmm… maybe I do putt better when I’m sober.”
– John Daly - Golfer
“It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road.”
– Alan Green - Radio 5 Live
“So, this movie you star in, The Life Story of George Best, tell us what...”
– George Gavin to actor John Lynch - Sky Sports
“People think we make $3m and $4m a year. They don’t realise that most of...”
– Pete Incaviglia - Baseball Player
“The swimmers are swimming out of their socks.”
– Sharron Davis - BBC
“In cycling, you can put all your money on one horse.”
– Stephen Roche - Eurosport
“It’s real end-to-end stuff, but unfortunately it’s all up at...”
– Chris Kamara - Sky Sports
“I want to gain 1,500 or 2,000 yards, whichever comes first.”
– George Burns - New Orleans Saints running back
“We have to improve in two key areas: defense and attack.”
– Robert Waseige - Belgium Coach
“It’s amazing how little his margin of error has been around that 60....”
– Sid Waddell, Darts Commentator - Sky Sports
“Ian Mackie is here to prove his back injury is behind him.”
– Athletics Master of Ceremonies
“It’s all about the two M’s - movement and positioning.”
– Ron Atkinson - ITV
“It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful.”
– Anton Szander LaVey - The Church of Satan
“The ones who don’t do anything are always the ones who try to pull you...”
– Henry Rollins
“You can get away with a lot of shit if it looks like it’s all you know how...”
– Henry Rollins
“Only the public can make a star. It’s the studios who try to make a system...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“Fame is fickle and I know it. It has its compensations, but it also has its...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“She [Sadie Thompson] was a girl who knew how to be gay even when she was sad....”
– Marilyn Monroe
“It stirs up envy, fame does. People…feel fame gives them some kind of...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“Everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like a sort of chunk out of...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.”
– Marilyn Monroe
“[Hollywood is] a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss...”
– Marilyn Monroe
“I am invariably late for appointments—sometimes as much as two hours....”
– Marilyn Monroe
“I don’t want to play sex roles any more. I’m tired of being known as...”
– Marilyn Monroe