Mary Schmich Quotes

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.

Mary Schmich

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DayJobDownKnowDoneWorkplace

I've always tried to get around writing love songs, I guess because I've always had a hard time saying, 'I love you.'

Jenny Lewis

LoveI Love YouTimeWritingSaying

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year.

Amar'e Stoudemire

FatherBikeMeBasketballYearUsed

At school, we'd studied the Romans and the Saxons, and I was fascinated by it all. So I made my dad take me to the British Museum as often as possible.

Tony Bradman

SchoolMeMuseumPossibleBritish

In truth, I barely knew my father at all. He was 53 when I was born, and when I was ten he contracted cancer. Eight years later, in 1979, he died.

Rory Bremner

FatherTruthBornYearsCancerKnew

So many people pass up older dogs, which is a shame. With an older dog, you know what you are getting.

Lisa Jakub

DogPeopleYouKnowShameDogs

I don't think what size I am really matters.

Jose Altuve

I AmThinkMattersSizeReallyAm

You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and Clark and put them up there, but Everest is still in charge; it can still kick butt.

Jon Krakauer

New YorkLawyerYouPlayNewButt

It's a question of not so much pushing the boys out of the picture, but making the whole frame bigger so that both men and women access the labor market, contribute to the economy, generate growth, have jobs, and so on.

Christine Lagarde

GrowthWomenMenPictureLaborOut

I know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in the pants. People wave at you and smile at you. You get great tables in restaurants. They send you gifts - beautiful clothes and cars.

Pierce Brosnan

SmileGoodBeautifulGreatMoney

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that. I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.

Scott Adsit

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolThought

I would love to do Rihanna's makeup. I love her cupid's bow!

Tyra Banks

InstagramObsessed

If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell when you might spew out a line or two worth printing somewhere.

Richard Elman

GoodWiseFamousWorthYouNever

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