I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!
Mary Karr
Recitation: by Male by Female
People might think that my queen should be highly educated, beautiful and the best of the best. Jetsun Pema is a kind-hearted girl who is very supportive and whom I can trust. I cannot say how she might appear to the people, but to me, she is the one.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
GirlBeautifulTrustBestQueenMe
I've found that one's language abilities, especially for Korean kids like me, get frozen at the age you immigrated. So I've always associated Korea with being a child and being infantilized through my inability to speak.
John Cho
AgeChildMeSpeakLanguageYou
Traditionally in crime fiction, women exist as a bedroom convenience or to screw up in order that the plot may progress. I wanted no part of that.
Ann Maxwell
WomenProgressCrimeBedroomFiction
One of the things that I try to do when I have a tough time with anything - whatever it may be - is just look at someone else's situation. Here in Staten Island, look, I have people that have children that haven't been back in their home for 18 months after Sandy. They lost every worldly possession.
Michael Grimm
HomeChildrenTimePeopleTough
That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.
Mercer Reynolds
DayJobWorldFirstSwitzerland
I remember making my own fragrances when I was young.
Suki Waterhouse
RememberYoungMy OwnOwnMaking
I like winning, so every time I win, it's a better feeling every time.
Stipe Miocic
TimeWinWinningBetterFeeling
The talent is in the choices.
Robert De Niro
TalentChoices
I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things.
Tom DeLonge
TryingWantAlwaysThingsDifferent
On one hand, I think it's very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it's not talked about, then we won't progress. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
Mitski
ProgressMeThinkGenderProblem
In addition to higher pay, federal government employment is far more secure than private-sector employment.
Jason Chaffetz
GovernmentMorePayEmploymentFar
So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly.
Deepak Chopra
UniverseSillyYouThings HappenTry
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