We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?
John Kenneth Galbraith
Recitation: by Male by Female
If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.
Jeremy London
RespectMyselfI AmHappyBe Happy
But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
Jerome K. Jerome
ManDownMother-In-LawSaidHimHis
If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.
Jennifer Weiner
MenYouHorrorWriteFictionNotice
I asked a Burmese why women, after centuries of following their men, now walk ahead. He said there were many unexploded land mines since the war.
Robert Mueller
WomenWalkMenWarSaidLand
If you look at men's roles for the last thousand years, the desire is fundamental. We want to take care of, provide for, and be of service to... women.
Matthew Fox
WomenServiceMenCareTake Care
We need to stop frowning upon failure whilst criticising those that succeed.
Ana Patricia Botin
FailureSucceedStopNeedThose
When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.
Sonita Alizadeh
FatherMotherMeMomSheLike
Units were coming to combat with DCGS because it was their tool kit, so to speak, but they basically had it boxed up and parked in a corner. They were using off-the-shelf stuff they were having to buy prior to coming into the theater.
Michael T. Flynn
SpeakCornerComingUpBuyTool
When all those city folks try to fix up my talking, all they do is mess me up.
Loretta Lynn
CityMeTalkingTryFixMess
We're offered bigger, larger budget movies to produce a lot, and we don't do them. That's not to say there aren't exceptions: there are a few exceptions, but I try and stick by the rules that produce what I think is the highest quality, most innovative work and try and let the rules go that make us feel like we're retreading.
Jason Blum
WorkQualityThinkFeelRulesGo
I like George W. At a time when this country was hit hard, he stood up for America. He's been the leader of the free world during the hardest time America's ever had.
Johnny Van Zant
LeaderTimeWorldFreeAmericaHard
When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.
Dennis Farina
StoryGoKnowMoviesKidAnything
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