When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.
Tracy Kidder
Recitation: by Male by Female
You know, I used to live in Russia where you had officers in the military opening up the warehouses at night and taking weapons out and putting them into a truck and selling them to foreign powers. That type of stuff doesn't happen in the United States. We still have a very functioning and relatively civil society.
Matt Taibbi
LiveTruckNightSocietyYouKnow
On my mother's side, I come from Midlands engineers and, on my father's, from tenant farmers near Oxford.
John Sulston
FatherMotherEngineersFarmersSide
We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what we want to do. And it connects.
Tom Morello
CakeSongWantT-ShirtEatPure
I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model like that because the old brick and mortar record stores are falling apart, and the big record companies are collapsing under their own weight.
Roger McGuinn
GoodBusinessThinkInternetBrick
The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows.
Rivers Cuomo
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I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.
Ruth Benedict
WorldAlwaysDesperationUsed
I could sit at home, watch TV, and go for the odd run. But to be the best, you have to make this sacrifice, keep going away and doing blocks of training in the mountains.
Mo Farah
HomeBestKeep GoingMountainsDoing
I want to do action, romantic comedy, and I love drama.
Liya Kebede
LoveRomanticActionComedyDrama
While you are searching for a job, it is a good idea to be on your best behavior.
Judy Smith
GoodBestJobBehaviorYouIdea
The first thing I do in the editing room is the 'radio edit,' where you listen to the dialogue and don't even look at the visuals. The rhythm, the music of the comedy, has to work.
Jay Chandrasekhar
WorkMusicComedyYouLookEditing
I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child.
Dick Francis
ChildPeopleBackKnowYoungLiving
Why is it that E.U. players are allowed to move country once they turn 16... but non-Europeans can only do so at 18? Why aren't we campaigning for a level playing field, where our best 16 year olds - who may not have an E.U. passport like I had - are free to move when they turn 16, like the best young players in Europe can?
Christian Pulisic
BestFreeYearCountryYoungWhy
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