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Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.

That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world.

I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

I can't tell you how many shows I've done with full-blown migraine headaches.

Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

If there's something that you hear on TV about me, just call me and I'll tell you if it's true.

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured.

I think that the status that you have in life should be reflected in official documents. If you are married, fine, if you are living with someone, fine, if you are single, fine. We don't want to tell people how to live their lives.

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story.

I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.

I don't know about you, but I can tell when someone's lying. They can't look you in the eye - they look you in the bridge of your nose.

After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.

I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.

You can always tell when the groove is working or not.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

I can tell you categorically that we at 60 Minutes did not pay Michael Jackson one cent.

As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.