My mother's father was a doctor, and she desperately wanted to be a doctor.
Ruth Reichl
Recitation: by Male by Female
In 1997, the Labour government set out to strengthen funding for the arts - and achieved it.
Melvyn Bragg
GovernmentOutArtsSetFunding
I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.
Mehmet Oz
StartFeelWeightLikeHappensPut
Would it be a big step forward for the LGBTQI community if there were same-sex couples on 'Strictly?' Do me a favour. Some things ain't politics, and 'Strictly' is one of them.
Robert Rinder
CommunityPoliticsStepMeForward
I love the way of life out in California, and I've made a lot of friends out there. The food is amazing.
Michael Bisping
LifeLoveFoodAmazingFriendsWay
I am guaranteeing you that if you see my byline on a story, it's going to be the cleanest story you've ever read.
Michael Finkel
I AmStoryYouSeeGoingRead
For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.
John Travolta
LifeLearningExperienceGentleman
The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.
Srikumar Rao
LifeKnowledgePowerfulLivingTool
I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be told, I wasn't even considered a top guard coming out of my recruiting class.
Trae Young
TruthBasketballLongClassNever
Dad was a very gentle, sweet man.
Tony Scott
ManSweetGentleVeryDad
New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.
Rufus Wainwright
LoveArtCultureNew YorkBelieve
I breakfast when I get up, lunch when I get the chance. If I never get it, I forget it. Sometimes I dine at seven, sometimes at midnight, sometimes not at all; and I never get to bed until four or five in the morning. Everything depends on the news; the hours make no difference to me.
Joseph Pulitzer
MorningBreakfastMeLunchChance
Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn't be long before a kid will be in his lap.
Cloris Leachman
SomeoneLongSittingBuildWhyWill
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