Pay respect to your opponent.
Jeff Fisher
Recitation: by Male by Female
The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually understood as occurring in some kind of vacuum - because of slavery.
Jesmyn Ward
SlaveryAmericanKindReasonVacuum
I feel like it's such an exercise in, like, several things to read a ton of 'Cosmo's or 'Glamour's or whatever, all at once. Because you start realizing how they're just talking about nothing for many pages, and they sort of lull you into this hypnotic state.
Megan Amram
StartFeelTalkingExerciseYou
I think it's important for comedians to do our little part. I don't do it carelessly. I do it thoughtfully. I don't try to just shock. I try to make a statement.
Jeff Ross
ThinkImportantTryLittleComedians
My father was in the coal and heating business, and he wanted me to take over his business, and I resented every moment of it. So I would never force my kids to do what I do.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
FatherBusinessMomentMeNever
The idea is that Jesus overcame death through the Resurrection. What that does is fail to appreciate the fact that the resurrected Christ is the crucified Christ. It's not like, 'Oh, that was just a mistake, now it's over.' Jesus continues to suffer from our sins.
Stanley Hauerwas
DeathMistakeAppreciateNowOver
If you look at a painting that you love by one of the great masters, every time you go back to it, you see something different - a different attitude or brushstroke. 'Hamlet' is like an entire gallery of old masters.
Rory Kinnear
LoveAttitudeGreatTimePainting
With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
WomenStrongPossibilitiesCreate
We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more economic freedom into the state. And I believe that very passionately.
Bruce Rauner
FreedomBelieveProblemBecomeMore
The artist must continue to look for a new reference. Every day, every performance, every take.
Bruce Glover
DayPerformanceArtistLookNew
For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.
Arthur Sullivan
MusicPowerMyselfI AmThoughtYou
In 'A Royal Affair' I had to learn to act like a queen and learned Danish. It's so much different to act in another language. It's the nuances in the words.
Alicia Vikander
WordsQueenLanguageLearnRoyal
I love turning on the computer in the morning and reading the things that I did the day before - that I didn't do!
Peyton Reed
LoveMorningDayReadingThingsDid
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