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On the weekends, some people garden; I slice salmon.
‐‐ Jerry Della Femina -
On the whole, a director who make the set a comfortable place to work is really important, whether it's a comedy or drama.
‐‐ Jason Bateman -
On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
‐‐ Ian Mckellen -
On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.
‐‐ Rob Walton -
On the whole, as we readily acquiesce in the acknowledgment that the field and the cabinet are the proper spheres assigned to our Masters and our Lords, may we also deserve the dignified title and encomium of Mistress and Lady in our kitchens and in our parlours.
‐‐ Deborah Sampson -
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
‐‐ George Orwell -
On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
‐‐ Vikram Seth -
On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.
‐‐ Isabella Bird -
On the whole, I have quite a low opinion of men.
‐‐ Kate O'Mara -
On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.
‐‐ Nigella Lawson -
On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.
‐‐ Robert Wyatt -
On the whole, I think I spent a lot of high school just trying to stay under the radar: I don't think I was all that memorable.
‐‐ Sarah Dessen -
On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.
‐‐ Julie Andrews -
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
‐‐ Basmah bint Saud -
On the whole, my life is and has been wonderful.
‐‐ Stella Young -
On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married.
‐‐ Scott Bakula -
On the whole, the experience that the activity of the soul obeys the law of least resistance has been verified even in regard to women's social morals. As a rule, these have been focused on the family and on charity - among other reasons, because woman's sense of duty seldom finds means of expression in other directions.
‐‐ Ellen Key -
On the whole, the politics of moviemaking is something that actors are kind of blissfully ignorant of.
‐‐ Kate Winslet -
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character.
‐‐ Edward Thorndike -
On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.
‐‐ Georg Brandes -
On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you is alive to 'What should I do?' 'What can I do?' There isn't a lot of time for contemplation.
‐‐ Kate Adie -
On the world stage, Donald Trump will lead from strength.
‐‐ Mike Pence -
On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
‐‐ Jenny Holzer -
On thee, Jesus, all our hopes depend. In thee all power is vested, even power to make sinful creatures instrumental in enlightening the heathen.
‐‐ Adoniram Judson -
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
‐‐ George Colman -
On 'There Will Be Blood,' I was cast at the last minute. I had 3 and a half to 4 days to get ready for the first day. I just went for it, threw myself in there and gave it everything I had. That was just guts and instinct, not a lot of preparation.
‐‐ Paul Dano -
On 'Think Like a Man,' they got the best out of me because they allowed me to bring my own cadences and opinions to the character that I was playing. I think we got the best of that particular character.
‐‐ Kevin Hart -
On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself is used as a manufacturing process.
‐‐ Roger Ebert -
On this basis, which was originally financial and goes back to George Peabody, there grew up in the twentieth century a power structure between London and New York which penetrated deeply into university life, the press, and the practice of foreign policy.
‐‐ Carroll Quigley -
On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.
‐‐ Seth Low -
On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Stream itself. She was jumping like a porpoise over the uneasy waves.
‐‐ Joshua Slocum -
On this flight, my fourth spaceflight, I also became the record holder for total days in space and single longest mission.
‐‐ Scott Kelly -
On this land, Muslims, Christians and Jews can coexist together, as they have - as they had for the - for hundreds of years in the framework of a democratic state.
‐‐ Hassan Nasrallah -
On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.
‐‐ Sidonie Gabrielle Colette -
On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support.
‐‐ Michael McCaul -
On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.
‐‐ Adlai E. Stevenson -
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
‐‐ Lou Holtz -
On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.
‐‐ Robert Musil -
On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?'
‐‐ John Kruk -
On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.
‐‐ Dan Lipinski -
On those, I've said it before, I work free. It's the waiting they pay me for.
‐‐ Hector Elizondo -
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.
‐‐ Don Ellis -
On time is 10 minutes late.
‐‐ Anthony Hitt -
On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
‐‐ Gary Locke -
On top of opportunities in further traffic growth, there are increasing opportunities to fully realize the potential of the online video ecosystem, as China continues to evolve into a consumer-driven economy.
‐‐ Victor Koo -
On top of the horror of separating from your wife, you have to go through it in public.
‐‐ Norman Cook -
On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other.
‐‐ James Howard Kunstler -
On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.
‐‐ Dean Ween -
On tour, it's either call ex-boyfriends or tweet a lot. You're just looking for any proof that you're not completely alone.
‐‐ Chelsea Peretti
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