“That was one of many job opportunities that Galifianakis blew. He says he turned down $700,000 to be a Time Warner spokesperson, and after the success of The Hangover Nike contacted him. “We had a conference call,” he says. “The first thing I said was, ‘So, do you guys still have seven-year-olds making your stuff?’” He didn’t get the job.”
— In which my already high esteem for Zach Galifiankis soars.
2:55 pm |
June 8 2011
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Boy: There’s no such person as Father Christmas!
The Doctor: Oh yeah? [Whips out a photo.] Me and Father Christmas, Frank Sinatra’s hunting lodge, 1952 – see him in the back with the blonde? Albert Einstein. [A silent, wistful “Oh.”] The three of us together – vroom! Watch out! [Puts the photo away.] Okay? [The kid nods, glowing.] Keep the faith.
— Stephen Moffat/Matt Smith. Doctor Who.
10:47 pm |
February 10 2011
“I often wish an unwell part of my brain didn’t notice such distractions as the fact that the letters in ‘Al Sharpton’ rearrange to spell ‘trash no pal.’ But let that pass.”
— Dick Cavett — ‘Talk Show Host.’ pg. 75.
1:27 pm |
January 14 2011
“Zbig made an interesting comment that under Lenin the Soviet Union was like a religious revival; under Stalin like a prison; under Khrushchev like a circus; under Brezhnev like the U.S. Post Office Department.”
— Carter. White House Diary. pg. 131.
5:03 pm |
December 11 2010
“My father remembered perfectly the apartment in which he lived as a child — ‘a pocket handkerchief,’ he called it.”
— Jean Renoir — writing of his father. pg. 22.
11:22 pm |
December 9 2010
“I told Amy I’d give her a present to wear on one condition: that if she liked it, she’d wear it to school. She promised she would do so, but after she got her swim flippers she talked me into letting her back out of the deal.”
— Jimmy Carter. White House Diary. pg. 100.
1:03 am |
December 8 2010
“May 21st. During the afternoon I met with Major General [John] Singlaub about his statement that if we withdrew troops from South Korea a war would result. He denied making the statement. He said he was just quoting from Korean officials. Then he said that the reporter was not given authority to quote him. I don’t think he was telling the truth, but I felt sorry for him. He emphasized over and over that he was not disloyal, that he’d meant no insubordination. So instead of reprimanding him I just told him we would transfer him out of Korea.”
— Carter. White House Diary. 1977. Reblogged for a scintilla of context in re: Mcchrystal.
2:27 am |
December 4 2010
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“Lionel Messi can enter a revolving door behind you and exit ahead of you.”
— Ray Hudson.
8:10 pm |
October 27 2010
“Miner Mario Sepulveda gave rocks to rescuers and asked his wife, “How’s the dog?”
— @cnnbrk
12:38 am |
October 13 2010
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“Why not ‘Shit My Drunk Hulk Says?’”
— John Hodgman.
4:39 pm |
September 9 2010
