The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.
Anita Shreve
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.
Joe Johnston
YouI CanTakeGoingShowSure
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.
Joachim du Bellay
LifeFamilyManHappyRestGolden
Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
John Denham
GeniusTranslationThanAttemptHis
I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want!
Jenna Ushkowitz
DayYourselfPeopleDoorProblems
Not everything is going to be handed to you just because you're talented with a big smile. Sometimes you just gotta get out and shoot jumpers for hours and hours and hours. That's something I didn't really get a grasp on until way later, waking up early and treating it like a job if you're serious about it. Get the freak up and, you know, work.
Anderson Paak
WorkSmileJobYouEarlySometimes
Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
John Millington Synge
ImaginationDangerousLimitHumour
Black English is something which - it's a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it can be very difficult for people who don't speak it, or who haven't been raised in it, to understand when it's running by quickly, spoken in particular by young men colloquially to each other. So that really is an issue.
John McWhorter
MenPeopleSpeakBlackYoungSystem
I love L.A., but you can get into a lot of trouble out here.
Matt Kemp
LoveYouTroubleOutHereGet
It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.
Little Richard
EducationSuccessDayMePoverty
Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.
Dodie Smith
BeautyTimeDeathHorrorOutTakes
For those of us whose thoughts digress; for whom unexpected juxtapositions are exhilarating rather than tiresome; who aim, if always inadequately, to convey life's experience in some semblance of its complexity - for such writers, the semi-colon is invaluable.
Claire Messud
LifeExperienceThoughtsUnexpected
There's no reason we can't all live harmoniously together, and that's what I would say to the head of Iran.
Chuck Norris
LiveTogetherSayReasonHeadWould
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