Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon McLaughlin
Recitation: by Male by Female
My earliest influence was Quincy Jones. I thought 'The Wiz' soundtrack was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard. It was my first record and you had Michael Jackson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell and Diana Ross on it. I even took it to show and tell in third grade!
Jill Scott
AmazingInfluenceThoughtYouFirst
When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral imperative that we have it, that is when we join the fashionable madmen.
Joan Didion
StartThinkingMoralWantSomething
I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?
Jerry Yang
HistoryCuriousLawThoughtWhat If
I write stuff down. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I will scrawl stuff down if I have a faint outline of an idea. And I'll go into my office or whatever. But that goes from format to format.
John Darnielle
KitchenDownGoWillWriteOffice
War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.
Andre Malraux
PeaceWarQuestionsPuts
I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.
Meghan Daum
ExperienceDownGoKnowPersonal
Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.
John Updike
SportsPastChildGolfIdiotBecome
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
Amity Shlaes
FreedomGovernmentHumanEconomyWho
I wouldn't have become the player I have without my father.
Son Heung-min
FatherBecomeWithoutPlayer
Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation.
Simon Kuznets
AppreciationMemorableShouldBrief
I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.
Traian Basescu
I AmPeopleDogsAmElected
The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable?
Tom Hunter
GovernmentGoalAmbitiousScottish
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