I am no parasite.
Joseph Brodsky
Recitation: by Male by Female
You know, people'd always ask 'Why is Jesse Jackson running for the White House?' They never seen the house I'm running from.
Jesse Jackson
YouHouseWhiteKnowWhyNever
Proust, my big inspiration for 'Goon Squad,' uses music a lot in his novel, both in terms of plot and structure. I liked the idea of doing the same thing, which is one reason I structured 'Goon Squad' as a record album, with an A side and a B side, that's built around the contrasting sounds of the individual numbers in it.
Jennifer Egan
MusicDoingNumbersSquadReason
Mr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obama presidency is coming to an end, and his successor still won't accept that Russia is guilty of tampering with U.S. elections.
John Dickerson
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There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
Stephen Mangan
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I do find it a bit disconcerting when your name becomes a brand.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself.
Stuart Wilde
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Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
Sue Townsend
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There are two answers to every question - God's answer and everybody else's - and everybody else is wrong when they disagree with him.
Tony Evans
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Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity.
Robert Evans
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In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them are raving lunatics and are to be avoided. It's just insecurity; actors are generally quite insecure. I wouldn't date, or I've never had a fling with an actress, and I'd quite like to keep it that way.
Rory McCann
WomenBusinessBeautifulInsecurity
On Capitol Hill and in state houses across the country, anti-women's health politicians continue to make it clear that they will stop at nothing to end access to a safe, legal abortion.
Mike Quigley
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A coach - any coach, not just a national team coach - should try to be exemplary. And a national team manager even more so.
Julen Lopetegui
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