Belief is the death of intelligence.
Robert Anton Wilson
Recitation: by Male by Female
Don't write for who your reader is. Write for what your reader wants to be.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
WriteWhoYourWantsReader
People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to me, is like asking which chopstick is the fork. This pressure on us to embody normative traditions can be paralysing.
Andrew Solomon
FriendPeopleMeMomHusbandAsking
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
Andrew Carnegie
ClimbBrainyPushYouLadderUp
Well, he can't be dumb, I mean, because he's been president for four years and he's president again, so you're going to get caught out if you're really bad, aren't you? Unless millions and millions of Americans are dumb.
John Newcombe
YouBadDumbPresidentMeanOut
I remember once in junior high school, on a Friday, my mom came home from work and said to my brother and I, 'You know, between us, we have only 27 cents, but we have food in the refrigerator, we have our little garden out back, and we're happy, so we are rich.'
John Paul DeJoria
WorkHomeFoodSchoolHappyBrother
At the decisive Boston town meeting of Nov. 29, 1773, while ships loaded with cargo from the East India Company idled in the harbor, Thomas Young was the first and only speaker to propose that the best way to protest the new Tea Act was to dump the tea into the water.
Matthew Stewart
WaterBestTeaIndiaMeetingYoung
I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one.
Suheir Hammad
FamilyEducationDoctorLawyerPaths
I've come to terms with the fact that I'll probably be in therapy all of my life.
Mary Gauthier
LifeMy LifeTherapyComeFact
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.
Mike Krzyzewski
TeacherSchoolAmbitionHigh School
I do Dance Dance Revolution. I'm not as good as the little kids that come in the arcade. Their little feet go crazy fast. I'm not that fast, but I'm good on it!
Missy Elliott
GoodDanceCrazyFeetRevolutionGo
My vision is that I'm living to see two more daughters get married, dance at their weddings and then lift the Lombardi Trophy several times.
Chuck Pagano
VisionDanceLiftLivingTrophySee
For the most part, the first thing people I meet that aren't Mormon say is, 'I grew up with a Mormon family. They're the nicest people I know.' So when I see these statistics that it's the most hated religion, I don't know where they're getting that from.
Brandon Flowers
FamilyReligionPeopleStatistics
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