I like to get in a battle I can win.
Robert Kraft
Recitation: by Male by Female
My mom used to say that if someone woke her up in the middle of the night and asked how old she was, she'd answer 27. Hearing her, I'd think, 'That's ridiculous; your job as my mom is to be old.'
Jennifer Egan
JobMomNightThinkSomeoneSay
You know, when I hear music, I just hear the whole thing.
Meg White
MusicYouKnowWholeJustHear
You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
Matthew McConaughey
WritingStartYouPhoneNowWant
I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that connects the reader to this person you're going to ride through the story with.
Michael Connelly
RideStoryThinkYouPersonSaid
The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
MenWomanIntelligenceIntelligent
Civilization consists in the multiplication and refinement of human wants.
Robert Andrews Millikan
CivilizationHumanWantsRefinement
We used to be referred to as bakers and then we became known as cake decorators and now we are known as cake designers. I teach at the French Culinary Institute in New York and cake design is a legitimate profession.
Ron Ben-Israel
New YorkCakeDesignNewNowTeach
You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to see that the girl of nineteen who thought herself a genius was only an unusual girl writing her heart out.
Mary MacLane
GirlHeartI AmMeWritingThink
Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.
Dick Durbin
PressureCreateTaxImportantWill
Inexpensive is good.
Douglas Wilson
GoodInexpensive
The amount of writing that people do online is astonishing, and historically unprecedented.
Clive Thompson
PeopleWritingOnlineAstonishing
Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am extremely action-oriented. I'm all about making things happen.
Cindy Gallop
I AmMeThings HappenHappenThings
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