A man's got to work for more than himself and his kids to feel right.
John Dos Passos
Recitation: by Male by Female
I turned out to be a tough, smart kid.
Joe R. Lansdale
SmartToughKidOutTurned
Now listen, the one thing about agriculture is we've lost our manufacturing, we've lost a great deal of jobs overseas, lots of our industry. The last thing in the world we need to do is lose the ability to produce our food.
John Boozman
GreatFoodWorldAgricultureLose
I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
Mel Brooks
BusinessBelieveBetterBeingBehind
Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?
Amy Chua
SuccessHappinessParentingBalance
I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.
Sidney Poitier
BusinessVisionMeSomeoneGoFilm
'Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to the gym.
Tom Wolfe
MeWritingGymBackBloodNever
I went to Spago once, eight years ago. I had just closed a deal. I thought it would be fun to go to Spago and it wasn't. I got a bad table and nobody paid any attention to me.
Michael Tolkin
FunMeThoughtAttentionBadTable
I remember how beautiful the Merrimac looked to me in childhood, the first true river I ever knew; it opened upon my sight and wound its way through my heart like a dream realized; its harebells, its rocks, and its rapids, are far more fixed in my memory than anything about the sea.
Lucy Larcom
HeartSeaBeautifulChildhoodMemory
Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.
Jay-Z
PoliticsPeopleMeCoolGrowing Up
I never had a month or so go by where I haven't had a job, but you always worry that someone will turn off the tap.
Dean Norris
JobSomeoneWorryYouGoNever
Once I get into the locker room, I turn on stuff to get me hyped up. Mainly, it's a lot of rap music.
Colin Kaepernick
MusicMeTurnUpRoomRap
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.
Bobby Fischer
WomanWorldBeatGiveStillPlayer
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