She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down.
Robert B. Parker
Recitation: by Male by Female
I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing.
Joan Baez
PeopleSingingSmallDoingRoutine
I love all the holidays and getting to see my family a lot during the fall. I also love the weather and getting to wear sweaters and jackets.
Melissa Ordway
FamilyLoveWeatherHolidaysFall
I have no words for my reality.
Max Frisch
WordsRealityNo Words
I spent quite a lot of time in front of the bathroom mirror. Nearby, there was a stack of books. My favorites were 'The Death of Manolete' and the cartoons of Charles Addams. I would pretend to be Morticia Addams. I was drawn to her. I used to pull my eyes back and see how I'd look with slanted eyelids.
Anjelica Huston
EyesTimeMirrorDeathLookBack
I was going mad. One day, I just started writing, and it was like therapy because I was in a position where I couldn't rage. I never expected to be a writer; it's a different world than I ever expected to be in.
John Trudell
DayWritingWorldMadOne DayNever
I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.
Steven Weber
KnowCivilityOutSureMarketBet
I have a couple of things I do to clear my head when I need it. The first is exercise, the kind of exercise that makes me lie on the floor afterward gasping for breath and wonder if I'm actually going to be able to breathe enough to not die. The other one is playing music.
Stewart Butterfield
MusicLieMeDieEnoughExercise
For me, I coin Austin as being kind of a baby brother to L.A. Because it's pretty much the same thing; L.A. is just amplified to the nth degree.
Trevante Rhodes
BrotherMeBabyKindCoinDegree
A lot of times we look at the past as something that was really great, but we ignore things that have actually gotten better since then.
Cliff Chiang
GreatPastBetterIgnoreLookSince
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
Bob Iger
LeadershipTimeOptimismImportant
Actors are like Swiss Army knives - we're ready to use any lever at any moment. But I learned long ago that, unfortunately, this industry only sees the one thing sticking out that they know us from, and that's the only thing they can imagine.
Allison Williams
MomentArmyLongReadyKnowOut
It took the producers a while to realize I wanted a full-bodied life. I wanted to get out before I felt I'd sacrificed so much to get somewhere that I couldn't afford to leave.
Sherry Stringfield
LifeRealizeOutLeaveSomewhere
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