We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.
Jean Rostand
Recitation: by Male by Female
Robin is one of the most native and democratic of our birds; he is one of the family, and seems much nearer to us than those rare, exotic visitants, as the orchard starling or rose-breasted grossbeak, with their distant, high-bred ways.
John Burroughs
FamilyBirdsRareUsSeemsExotic
I've lived publicly and never hidden behind closed doors. Therefore, if I have gone over the top sometimes, it has been visible.
John Hurt
DoorsSometimesHiddenNeverTop
The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.
Anand Mahindra
JourneyMyselfHumilityMeBetter
I don't believe in pretending to be someone else. I'm what I actually am in real life. For instance, like any normal girl, I fight with my mother. I mean, it is just fine. In fact, I fight daily with my mother.
Shreya Ghoshal
LifeMotherGirlDailyFightMean
I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, and what I like about that place is that there's not a strong regional affect in the cultural imagination like there is in Dallas or San Francisco or New York City. You have a little more freedom as a novelist this way. The suburbs become a generic idea, and the place doesn't intrude into the narrative.
Rumaan Alam
FreedomImaginationNew YorkCity
When I was in high school in St. Louis my best friend was Marsha Mason. Marsha was a year ahead of me.
Mary Frann
FriendBestSchoolMeBest Friend
I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey for years.
Mila Kunis
YearsFanHuge FanHugeSteveTina
It's funny, because what happens to me when I read a script, when something grabs hold of me, I start getting these flashes of people or places or things or images.
Johnny Depp
FunnyPeopleMeStartPlacesHold
Life is unpredictable and you need to live every day to the fullest.
Doug Hutchison
LifeLiveDayYouEvery DayFullest
Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.
Christina Ricci
ImaginationThinkActingEverything
Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work.
Bruce Coville
WorkWritingBookWayPossibleOver
Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.
Aubrey McClendon
TimeAmericanCreateOilOverGas
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