I felt blessed by the existence of Horace Porter's 'Campaigning With Grant.'
Ron Chernow
Recitation: by Male by Female
Not long before my mother died, I found a long-lost portrait of Jane Franklin's granddaughter, Jane Flagg, aged nine - oil on canvas - in the basement of a public library not a dozen miles from my mother's house.
Jill Lepore
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I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do want to see it again now. I want to sit and watch it as a fan rather than being there at the premiere with all the lights and such.
Jeremy Bulloch
LightsNiceWantBeing ThereLondon
It's sad, something coming to an end. It cracks you open, in a way - cracks you open to feeling. When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.
Jennifer Aniston
SadPainEndYouFeelingWay
The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.
John Tillotson
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Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.
Rob Lowe
MyselfWifeMeGiftGreatest Gift
I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.
Mary Karr
FamilyPeopleMeSayingThoughtOut
We have secured names and trademarks with either loose ideas or intentions, or with our imaginations. Sometimes things come of it, or they don't.
Mickey Drexler
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International regimes, international treaties, international norms are observed not because of the goodness of anybody but because they bring benefits. If they don't, then the longevity of those agreements come into jeopardy.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
GoodnessLongevityBringNormsCome
On my days off, I like to be outdoors - on my bike or walking the dog or swimming - so it's important anyone I date is also into fitness.
Mollie King
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My tendencies are much more the Henry James thing, where we sit in silence at the table for three minutes, and our whole lives are changed because of a revelation that never quite happens but almost bubbles to the surface.
Claire Messud
SilenceTableThreeMoreNeverSit
I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.
Bob Feller
BaseballPeopleThinkAnythingOwe
Music, especially as an adolescent, helps to build identity because that's when people start developing a sense of self. You can kind of tell based on what music a person listens to what kind of person they'll be pretty much for the rest of their life.
Aloe Blacc
LifeMusicIdentityPeopleStart
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