If fashion has a political significance, it is probably culturally, as a camouflage.
Liz Goldwyn
Recitation: by Male by Female
If you look at other countries, you'll find lots of girls doing physics, engineering, and science. It's something to do with the kind of culture we have in the English-speaking world about what's appropriate for each of the two sexes.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
ScienceCultureWorldEngineering
Let's get right to it: On page 5 of Paul Murray's dazzling new novel, 'Skippy Dies,'... Skippy dies. If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it's nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book.
Jess Walter
WiseMovingBookNewPageNothing
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.
Andrew Motion
LiveCulturePoetryChoiceDumb
I couldn't have asked for a better kid. She's our own little Buddha baby so far. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop to tell you the truth. It's like the calm before the storm.
Ana Ortiz
TruthStormWaitingBabyCalmYou
Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.
Roberto Clemente
TeamFamousBrooklynPlayWanted
I'm a sucker for the big, gruff, distant, emotionally closed-off hero who sloooowly warms up to the feisty, awesome, sweet heroine.
MaryJanice Davidson
HeroSweetAwesomeUpBigSucker
Yes, Justin Bieber is a contrivance. Yes, Justin Bieber's lyrics are insipid - worse still, disingenuous. Yes, his tattoos stink. Yes, he's lousy at skateboarding. But what does any of this actually matter? In case you missed it, Bieber won.
Mary H.K. Choi
YouMissedMatterTattoosYesWorse
Guys aren't threatening. Other girls are the competition. You are usually what they're fighting over.
Jonathan Bennett
CompetitionFightingYouOverGuys
I had no idea, really, on my first film what I was doing.
Tye Sheridan
DoingFirstFilmIdeaNo IdeaHad
The bloodsuckers around Tyson are always looking for one more payday, and some people will always be willing to pay to see Iron Mike fight.
Thomas Hauser
FightPeopleLookingWillMoreSee
I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian.
Thomas J. Sargent
I AmHappySayAm
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.
Maria Karnilova
SchoolFestivalsStudentDancing
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