When I was a teenager, I loved political conventions.
Robert Krulwich
Recitation: by Male by Female
That American confidence is more alive and well than it should be, to this day. But it's such a problem. There's a blindness to that confidence, a presumption that what's good for me is good for you. No! That's what teenagers think: the world revolves around them. As a nation, we've got to stop thinking that way. We're getting too old for that.
Jennifer Egan
GoodConfidenceDayMeWorldThink
I've never been a Burger King person. I'm a total McDonald's person.
Anderson Cooper
KingBurgerPersonMcDonaldNever
It took me a really long time to finally feel good about saying, 'Yes, I'm an actor. I chose to do this. I'm doing this.'
Meghann Fahy
GoodTimeMeFeel GoodSayingDoing
I went through all these different phases. But it always felt like I was impersonating something, so I went back to some of the music I grew up with, like music from South Africa and the '80s stuff. I stopped suppressing it, and I stopped trying to be cool.
St. Lucia
MusicCoolTryingBackAfricaUp
We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.
Rodrigo Duterte
LawSocietyChoiceNowObedience
My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.
Mo Rocca
DayFootballTeamYearOne Day
I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House.
Deval Patrick
DriveNameHouseOutJustIreland
I think every business should build on their strengths, and the strengths of Victoria are our clean, green agriculture; the strengths of Victoria are our strong education system.
Denis Napthine
EducationBusinessGreenThinkBuild
I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.
Christian Bale
PeopleYouKnowMoviesNothing
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
LearningYouStrikeOutWearWatch
I'd like to think I've left something in the world. Without in any way trying to be morbid, but life is very short, and I'd like to think I'd leave some body of work that would inspire other musicians long after I've gone.
Paul Weller
LifeWorkWorldInspireThinkShort
I never approach a character from a negative place.
Nina Arianda
CharacterNegativePlaceNever
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