The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary.
John Updike
Recitation: by Male by Female
I didn't know V. S. Naipaul very well, and to a large extent, my acquaintance with him was limited to meetings at literary festivals.
Amitava Kumar
MeetingsFestivalsKnowHimWell
It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them.
Shirley Henderson
LifeChildrenBestStressParents
I wish you could see a new Cro Cop, 15 years younger. I wish it was possible.
Mirko Cro Cop
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Both my parents worked. So it wasn't like the previous generation where we learned how to cook and bake from our mothers and grandmothers.
Johnny Iuzzini
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When I hear my friend John Boehner say that we have the best health care in the world, I don't dispute it for a moment. If I were sick, this is the country I want to be in, with these doctors, these hospitals, and these medical professionals.
Dick Durbin
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I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'
Dick Gregory
ChildrenSayingBlackWhiteKnow
Once I finished writing the script, I couldn't find my Pandi. It was actually little difficult to cast for the role. One fine day, when I was shooting for 'Vada Chennai', Raj Kiran's name just popped into my head.
Dhanush
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I'm always excited to try something I haven't done.
Demetri Martin
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I think my biggest heartbreak was when I just couldn't get an American cheese cake/pie with a saltine cracker crust and green tomato sorbet to work out in my favor.
Christina Tosi
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We need a clear plan to put radical Islamic terrorism out of vogue, and it should be eliminated at its roots. American SOF are part of the puzzle, but they do not, by themselves, complete the picture.
Brandon Webb
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It has always been very important to look carefully at young people and the way they wear clothes.
Brunello Cucinelli
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Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science.
Arthur Machen
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