It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer.
Stephen McCauley
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There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.
Jim Gaffigan
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My stepfather was a very nasty individual.
Jill Scott
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My first marriage ended after 24 years.
Jerry Della Femina
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I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade.
John Catsimatidis
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I feel like it's important for young people - practically, young gay people - to know what to do and how to handle bigotry and opposition and where to go to have those resources of help and guidance. I think it's important.
Michael J. Willett
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I knew from reading about Sarah Grimke that she'd been given a handmaid to be her personal slave and that her name was Hetty. The only other fact I knew about her was that Sarah taught her to read: They conspired in a very subversive way, by locking the door and screening the keyhole.
Sue Monk Kidd
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Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease.
Steven Pinker
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It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports.
Mike Schultz
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When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.
Molly Ringwald
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The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to convert it into words... and then you start to create a work of art, and that's another miracle, and it remains mysterious to the writer, or to this writer anyway.
Janette Turner Hospital
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I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.
Jonathan Brown
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Sometimes legends find themselves remembered more for what they have not done than for their accomplishments. But those resume gaps can also help drive them to achieve even greater things in new arenas.
Don Yaeger
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