I played football for a huge portion of my life, all the way through college actually.
Matthew Fox
Recitation: by Male by Female
I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was in eighth grade. Her writing has a musical energy with pulse and rhythm, almost like jazz or hip-hop.
Jill Scott
MusicWritingEnergyJazzHip-Hop
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.
John Connolly
GoodRespectYourselfWritingStory
I'm one of those people that will say, 'My cancer was a gift.'
Melissa Etheridge
PeopleGiftSayWillCancerThose
Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man.
Robert Conrad
ManYouFilmWellYourFalls
I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me.
Ruta Sepetys
ExperienceCityMeTryingDownNew
When I left Stockton and went to Stanford, I felt I hit the lotto. I did not think I was coming back.
Michael Tubbs
ThinkBackComingLeftStanfordDid
I don't believe in that term 'self-made' - not to be offensive, but I believe everything happens for a reason, every single person you meet. Even if it's one single person giving you advice, that person helped you get to where you're at today.
Michelle Phan
TodayBelieveAdviceGivingYou
When a movie becomes very successful, it's automatic that people will start thinking a sequel, a prequel, a quel-quel.
Michelle Yeoh
PeopleStartThinkingWillMovie
I started doing up-and-down strumming, basically to keep time and to play fast. As time went on, I started realizing other guitar players couldn't do it. I always went against the grain.
Johnny Ramone
TimeGuitarDoingFastPlayAlways
To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.
Bruce Rauner
SelfishEndRestoreMustUnionOur
When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a sort of cosy phrase that got used a bit too much.
Timothy West
PeopleWritingKitchenYouToo Much
I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was.
Rick Springfield
PracticeListeningBetterMusicians
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