A writer's job is to tell the truth.
Andy Rooney
Recitation: by Male by Female
I grew up in Long Island City. When I was growing up, my parents owned a women's clothing store in Queens. It was for older women. I got my bras there, until I realized I didn't want those huge, taupe bras. Everything was beige, with massive amounts of hooks.
Jessica Valenti
WomenParentsCityGrowing UpLong
If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won't do it.
Angelina Jolie
ChildrenMeToo MuchAwaySomething
My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.
Andy Weir
LoveFatherScienceGreatMeMoon
I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.
Angel Haze
MeYouArtistWantBoxAnything
The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.
Steven Moffat
FailureYouDifferencePlayingMade
The campaign is over. It's time for the work of governing to begin.
Tom Daschle
WorkTimeOverBeginGoverning
To shuck oysters, you'll need an oyster knife, a handy tool with a sturdy handle and a short, rigid blade which you can pick up for about ten bucks in a kitchenware shop or fish market. A quick trip online will yield any number of videos and slide shows with step-by-step instructions on how to shuck an oyster.
Tom Douglas
ShortFishYouKnifeWillNeed
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother.
Russell Baker
ManPovertyBornWayPoorClassic
It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before.
Mary McAleese
LifeWomenPeaceProgressGeneration
I gave my life to Christ about 1991.
Lou Gramm
LifeMy LifeChristAboutGave
Posttraumatic stress is something that's always existed. I think that the earliest recording was during the Trojan War, but it's only recently that we're beginning to be aware of it.
Janine di Giovanni
StressBeginningWarThinkAlways
Democratic Latin America limps sideways because it can't run ahead. There are too many entry barriers to the poor, the innovative, and those without access to credit.
Denise Dresser
AmericaCreditRunAheadPoor
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