Assistants Quotes - Page 3

• I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.

  Sarah Sutton

  Writing, Doctors, Stories

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• But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.

  Harry Houdini

  Honor, Secrecy, Allegiance

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.43, 谷月社

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• We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

  Martin Luther

  Instruments

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.16

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• Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to.

  Joan Baez

  People, Justice, Doe

  "Q&A with Joan Baez: Even Taylor Swift thinks she's cool". Interview with Roger Catlin, www.washingtonpost.com. March 4, 2016.

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• I tell my assistant “I'm busy! unless it's Jesus or Taylor (Swift) don't bother me”

  Scott Borchetta

  Jesus, Busy, Bother

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• You cannot foster a collaborative environment when people's offices are completely locked, where you cannot even see the assistant because the offices are so big.

  Marcelo Claure

  People, Office, Environment

  "The Plan to Fix Sprint". Interview with Ryan Knutson, www.wsj.com. October 25, 2015.

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• A western buckaroo, I share his scorn for people who go camping by the book, relying on the authority of some half-assed assistant scoutmaster whose total experience outdoors probably consists of two overnight hikes and a weekend in the Catskills. But we have just had that confrontation. The one who goes by Pritchard's book is Sid's wife, and I am wary. It is not my expedition. I am a guest here.

  Wallace Stegner

  Book, Weekend, Two

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• I got the letter about becoming a Sir in 2000, the same year that Pauline asked me if we could finally get married. My assistant, Colette, called up and it turned out both the wedding and the Buck House ceremony were happening on the same day. I was knighted at 11 and married at four. She became an instant Lady.

  Paul Smith

  Years, House, Four

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• Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

  Anthony Horowitz

  Couple, Hands, Twists

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Ark angel”, Putnam Juvenile

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• I felt the exact same way.But if it helps,you look much cuter freaking out than I ever did." I peeked out through my hands."But what if I don't get in?" He wrapped his arms around me. "No more worrying about it.You'll get in." "Good.Someone needs to keep an eye on you and that dirty little dyrad of a lab assistant." He laughed,squeezing me until I couldn't breathe. "Why would I ever want a lusty tree nymph when I could have a hyperventilating Evie?

  Kiersten White

  Dirty, Eye, Nymphs

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• In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.

  Dennis Quaid

  Summer, Couple, Years

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• My first real kiss was actually on the set of The Vampire's Assistant, with Jessica Carlson who plays my crush in the movie. I was 15, she was 14. It was actually her first kiss too, so it was an interesting situation!

  Chris Massoglia

  Crush, Real, Kissing

  Interview with Julie Miller, www.seventeen.com. October 21, 2008.

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• My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon."

  Harrison Ford

  Icons, Occupation, Storyteller

  "Letter from LA" by Anne Thompson, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2003.

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• Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself.

  Jean Cocteau

  Half, Unconscious, Mere

  "Cock and harlequin: Notes concerning music". Book by Jean Cocteau, 1921.

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• To a student: Dear Miss - I have read about sixteen pages of your manuscript . . . I suffered exactly the same treatment at the hands of my teachers who disliked me for my independence and passed over me when they wanted assistants. . . . Keep your manuscript for your sons and daughters, in order that they may derive consolation from it and not give a damn for what their teachers tell them or think of them. . . . There is too much education altogether.

  Albert Einstein

  Daughter, Teacher, Son

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• It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.

  Louis Armstrong

  Weed, Marijuana, Dope

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• I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall telling me how much time I have left, and how far behind I am. I look at it and panic, and decide which scene to work on. And you sit there plonking notes until something makes sense, and you don't think about it any more. Good tunes come when you're not thinking about it.

  Hans Zimmer

  Wall, Writing, Thinking

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe that your phone should be an assistant.

  Andy Rubin

  Believe, Phones, Should

  "Android Chief Says Your Phone Should Not Be Your Assistant". allthingsd.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I don't know what my assistant would do besides get me pot.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Weed, Marijuana, Smoking

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• Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?' 'One of the. He fired all the others.' 'But not you?' 'He fired me on the second day, but I kept coming in. I had nowhere else to go.' 'And then you killed him.' 'Yes.' 'A Remnant squirmed inside you, and you killed Kenspeckle Grouse.' 'Yes.' Nye grinned. 'You're hired. But I have warn you, if you try to kill me, I will dissect you and sing along to your screams.' 'Can I have Mondays off?' 'You may.

  Derek Landy

  Monday, Trying, Nye

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• Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone?

  Jim Valvano

  Sports, Psychology, Answers

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• Bobby Tom: You're supposed to be my assistant, not a baby-sitter! Gracie: One and the same.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Baby, Supposed To Be, Toms

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• I'm husband hunting. Now, I know all the men are going to be gay but at this point, I need a new gay husband. Or, a new lesbian assistant. If you want something done, tell a lesbian and the she'll chop down a tree. Something like that.

  Judy Tenuta

  Husband, Gay, Men

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, Hands, Eggs

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• And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Kings, Pigs, Keepers

  Lloyd Alexander (2013). “The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.948, Macmillan

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