Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.
Anna Deavere Smith
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did.
Jim McKelvey
ScienceBookThoughtBetterClass
I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.
Andrew Stanton
MotherGirlDaughterPowerAloneMe
While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.
Angelica Ross
LifeTodayChallengeWomanI AmMe
On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.
Jeff Daniels
KingNowActorWriterCableAny
It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
John Walters
PastProblemsDangerousCreating
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
Tom Watson
FireFightWoodsYouKnowRight
Fans think that we're, like, football 24/7. We're all about life after football, too.
Rob Gronkowski
LifeFootballThinkFansLikeAfter
What is unusual about the United States - and it's something that I have never gotten used to - is that Jews here, there are so many of them, and they are so important to the culture.
Michael Lynton
CultureImportantNeverSomething
To be clear, affirmative action is not, by itself, an adequate response to decades of systemic looting, but it has been an indispensible tool in inching us towards some semblance of a more equitable society.
Clint Smith
SocietyActionMoreToolUsClear
Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the time, and me and my brother and sister would dance and sing about the living room.
Bronagh Gallagher
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Radio is immediate.
Wink Martindale
RadioImmediate
The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.
William Friedkin
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