Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
Andrew Marvell
Recitation: by Male by Female
I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, it's like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.
Jennette McCurdy
MemoriesTravelMindBetterYouUp
The irony of the media and people in big cities is that they're charged with defining the entire culture, when in reality they don't even live in that culture. They live in such a rarified, tiny world.
Meghan Daum
LiveCulturePeopleWorldReality
I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big enough, and will this get us what we need? - just with foam-core models.
John Knoll
PlanningEnoughYouDoneMoviesBig
The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.
Matt Dillon
FatherMusicChristmasIrishFirst
The key to a good horror movie is what happens between the scares. The scares aren't the tricky part. If you're involved in what's going on in between, the scare is going to trick you. If you're not, the best scare in the world will not be scary.
Jason Blum
GoodBestWorldKeyYouWill
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
Diogenes
GoodManFriendsGood FriendsMatter
Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me.
Drew Barrymore
FamilyPassionGreatSpiritualMe
We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.
Deeyah Khan
MenSecurityYoungOpenLeaveOwn
The prize seemed to change my professional life very little.
Philip Warren Anderson
LifeChangeProfessionalLittleVery
I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.
Seth Meyers
ParentsThoughtComedyEscapeLiving
When someone stays with you and they're not your guest, even when they are your guest they get on your nerves. When people visit for long periods of time, that just happens.
Sean Durkin
TimePeopleSomeoneLongYouGuest
Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told by the only man who could tell it.
Tom Bodett
ManWildernessStoryAlaskaTellHe
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