Hardly anybody in America pays attention to local elections.
Jello Biafra
Recitation: by Male by Female
A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.
Andrew Solomon
HappinessHopeGreatTimeSomeone
If I see someone break down in tears, I don't necessarily feel empathy for them in those moments unless it's really warranted. I feel like a tear needs to be warranted in a movie; it needs to be earned.
Andrew Haigh
EmpathyTearsFeelSomeoneMoments
Isolationism is not leadership.
John Hickenlooper
LeadershipIsolationism
So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.
Jeff Goodell
WorldYouLookProfitKnowWant
We were constantly traveling between Malaysia and Singapore, which is connected by a bridge at the southernmost end of Malaysia. In fact, when I was a child, I had to go between countries twice a day to go to school, because I was living in Malaysia at the time but attending primary school in Singapore.
Ronny Chieng
TimeDaySchoolChildBridgeEnd
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
Dianne Wiest
YouFilmmakingNeverFalseNoteHe
There's a good amount of research out there that shows generous parental leave policies have a significant positive impact on employee retention and morale.
Christine Tsai
PositiveGoodResearchImpactLeave
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the subjects you're truly passionate about, though. Baseball fans can reel off stats for their favorite players, then space out on their own birthday.
Clive Thompson
BirthdayBaseballSpaceYouNewOut
Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.
Chuck Berry
MyselfMeJudgeMeanPraise
Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail.
Brendan Gleeson
DetailWorldInterestingLookSize
The first hundred years are the hardest.
Wilson Mizner
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There can be little doubt that absence from work, and inefficient work, are frequently due to intemperance.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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