Robin Marantz Henig Quotes

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits.

Robin Marantz Henig

Recitation: by Male by Female

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FearChildrenTimeParentsPlay

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.

Joey Lauren Adams

LifeRelationshipMeImpossibleShy

I like lots of career politicians; I'm not against all career politicians.

Jeff Greene

CareerPoliticiansAgainstLikeLots

My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name 'Caroselli.'

Steve Carell

FamilyLoveFatherThinkNameNever

I definitely check my phone for texts a lot - like, 'Did anyone text me? Is anyone thinking about me? Does anyone love me?'

Spike Jonze

LoveMeThinkingLove MePhoneText

The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous.

RuPaul

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I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

Judith Jamison

FamilySacrificeThinkDancersHad

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

Jose Bergamin

IntelligenceCivilizationOwnWeight

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.

Deborah Norville

JobTelevisionAnchorReporter

I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to London and did the Royal Court, the National, 'King Lear' at the Manchester Royal Exchange. I did little bits of comedy, like 'Rab C Nesbitt,' but I wasn't predominantly about comedy.

Ashley Jensen

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I've been used to being my own boss for a really long time, so I don't take to authority very well.

Priyanka Chopra

TimeBossLongLong TimeAuthority

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.

Pauline Kael

DownHimSignsReverenceSuperior

We must not let our passions destroy our dreams.

Thomas S. Monson

DreamsDestroyMustPassionsOur

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