Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.
Mona Simpson
Recitation: by Male by Female
There are a lot of obstacles in the way of our understanding animal intelligence - not the least being that we can't even agree whether nonhuman species are conscious. We accept that chimps and dolphins experience awareness; we like to think dogs and cats do. But what about mice and newts? What about a fly? Is anything going on there at all?
Jeffrey Kluger
ExperienceCatsIntelligenceAnimal
In 1972, there was still a New York City law prohibiting women there from 'furnishing refreshments to the audience or spectators at any place of public amusement.' That's right: Until the law was repealed in 1977, it was technically illegal for women to work as popcorn vendors in Madison Square Garden.
Steve Rushin
WorkWomenNew YorkCityLawGarden
Our friend, Timothy J. Russert, was a man who awoke every morning as if he had just won the lottery the day before. He was determined to take full advantage of his good fortune that he couldn't quite believe and share it with everyone around him.
Tom Brokaw
GoodFriendMorningDayManBelieve
Dubai is a safe place, and I never came across anything to worry about.
Mo Farah
WorryDubaiPlaceNeverAnything
We are such a product of our upbringing and environment.
Lisa Ling
EnvironmentProductOurUpbringing
The downfall of the church will not come from a lack of apologetic teaching; it will come from disintegration of the families in the church.
Josh McDowell
ChurchWillDownfallTeachingCome
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.
Donald Berwick
HealthCarePlanWealthHealthcare
I've never been in a band, but I've hung out with a lot of musicians and helped them with their shows. It's something that I'm really drawn to.
Christopher Abbott
MusiciansNeverBandOutSomething
Cholera is even more severe among populations who are immunologically naive.
Christy Turlington
MoreNaiveWhoEvenSevereAmong
I had a great run on Babylon 5. It was a lot of fun.
Bruce Boxleitner
GreatFunRunBabylonLotHad
It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.
Anthony Carmona
JobAppreciateYouPlaceEmpowerment
In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.
Ashley Greene
WorkFocusYearLos AngelesMatter
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