I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
Jean Rostand
Recitation: by Male by Female
Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been too painful. Research has since proved that assumption wrong.
Jill Lepore
ChildrenChildhoodPeopleResearch
Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.
Andre Benjamin
CoolBelieveLaughYouLookWay
The Chinese are much too sensible to like turkey - come to think of it, I don't think I've ever encountered turkey anywhere in East Asia, either in a market or on a menu.
John Lanchester
ThinkMenuComeMarketLikeChinese
I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.
Matthew Lewis
SchoolSpeakToo MuchShyClassUp
Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years.
Michael Connelly
HeartDeepYearsPaperPassPress
Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.
Stephen Kinzer
WiseEnemyEmotionAlways
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.
Studs Terkel
DebateArgumentMissingThings
I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... ' more than once in any conversation, you should stop hanging out with them.
Sloane Crosley
LoveFriendThinkYouConversation
The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.
Steve Nash
YouPlayPlayoffsJustWhoFront
There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.
Michael Owen
Little ThingsWinWorldFaceEndGo
I make a huge batch of cinnamon buns on Christmas Eve and bake them off early Christmas morning.
Christina Tosi
MorningEarlyChristmasOffMake
After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
Brent Scowcroft
DemocracyFirstBringDestroyed
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