Maryanne Wolf Quotes

We need to discern what it is that requires reflection in our lives and in what we read and how we read it.

Maryanne Wolf

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ReflectionNeedReadOurHowLives

We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work.

Jesse Jackson

WorkLoveTodayPeopleAmericanOut

I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only in a subconscious way. I want to concentrate on giving my own fresh interpretation.

Aneurin Barnard

PerformanceGivingSomeoneWantWay

If I could give my younger self some advice at that time, I'd tell her to enjoy the ride and don't be afraid to ask questions. I was quite responsible, uptight, and worried - I'd tell myself to chill out.

Amber Valletta

TimeMyselfRideSelfChillAdvice

No one always or never does anything. People don't see themselves as one-dimensional, so you shouldn't attempt to define them as such.

Travis Bradberry

PeopleYouNeverSeeAnythingThem

Whether you look at 'Glee' and its normalization of gay identity or you look at the work of Martin Scorsese and the Italian-American community, American culture is able to take these stories, which are seen as marginalized, and just turn them into American stories. And you don't think twice about it.

Riz Ahmed

WorkCommunityCultureIdentityLook

I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest.

Joseph Lancaster

YouthActionGeniusWayMoreWell

I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver.

David Thewlis

TimePeopleWaitNiceLovelyDriver

I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air trying to be a good wife and mother, trying to be the prime-ministerial consort at home and abroad, barrister and charity worker, and sometimes one of the balls gets dropped.

Cherie Blair

LifeGoodMotherHomeDailyWife

Kids born into certain ZIP codes will most likely have certain educational outcomes. And we've got to end that. If we end that, we explode economic development.

Cory Booker

EndBornWillDevelopmentEconomic

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

Chris Morris

RightSatireToolSitcom

Chicago is definitely more of a country place now. The friends who I thought never in a million years would like country now are huge fans. I love that.

Brett Eldredge

WorldSongThinkYouI CanNow

I'm my best billboard.

Brad Goreski

SexyYouWantOtherSomeNights

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