In the West, we've lost our intuitive understanding of how poverty shapes thinking.
John Burdett
Recitation: by Male by Female
I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.
Jill Scott
WaitWriteInspirationComeDemand
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.
Jennifer Weiner
WorkPersistenceDayYourselfPeople
I'm way more in my head acting than I am when I'm writing. So there's a weird love/hate on both ends. But writing, as tough as it is, I get so much more out of it. It's like climbing Mt. Everest.
Anders Holm
I AmWritingToughWeirdActingWay
What scares me about drone strikes is how they are perceived around the world. The resentment created by American use of unmanned strikes... is much greater than the average American appreciates. They are hated on a visceral level, even by people who've never seen one or seen the effects of one.
Stanley A. McChrystal
PeopleMeWorldAmericanNeverSeen
Developing films with directors, developing films with actors, is a poor percentage play for a screenwriter.
Tony Gilroy
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It is possibly not very helpful to our inner life to ponder a great deal on how the external world is reflected in our soul. By doing so, we do not get beyond a shadowy picture of the world of mental images in ourselves.
Rudolf Steiner
LifeGreatSoulWorldPictureDoing
We will 'de-age' progressively, as cures are developed.
Liz Parrish
WillCuresDeveloped
I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.
Draymond Green
GrowMouthKnowSilverGrow UpHard
I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up.
Demetri Martin
Growing UpComedyFriendsKnowBig
A lot of guys come out, and they do the exact same thing, are in the exact same mood, and have the exact same entrance every night, I really just make up a lot of crap as I go along.
Dean Ambrose
NightGoMoodSameOutUp
I'll say initially acting was my first love, and that's what I pursued. But then, so far as even my first day on a film set, and just watching how things were set up, I just said, 'I think I want to be in charge.' I am very much type-A. I am a bit of a control freak.
Chris Evans
LoveDayI AmControlThinkActing
Murder has foreseeable consequences. When it happens, it is always to distinct individuals, and after it happens, other victims are left behind.
David Souter
ConsequencesAlwaysLeftHappens
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