The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.
Because I'm short and slim, I can identify with somebody who's an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it.
Here in Britain, we can get a little bit snobby about American history. Yes, their history is not quite as long as ours. But it isn't all that short, either.
I don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.
The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.
Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.
I've never chosen the easy route to world titles or the easy route in fights, and I came up short against Stevenson.
I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me.
All the jobs I've gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I've done - indie films, plays, short student films, TV - since I moved to the states in 1996. I mean, I have an entire career in Canada that nobody has seen.
It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.
Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives.
Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.
The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication.
I made several short films with very little dialogue. I'm still not a fan of talking heads. My stories are told with images as much as possible.
I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.
I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
In an era of parental paranoia, lawsuit mania and testing frenzy, we are failing to inspire our children's curiosity, creativity, and imagination. We are denying them opportunities to tinker, discover, and explore - in short, to play.
