God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Recitation: by Male by Female
I had a mild case of polio - not enough to put me in an iron lung, but enough to keep me bedridden for weeks. As I came out of it, my mom wanted to do something for me. She realized that, growing up in the city, I'd missed out on a lot of nature.
Robert Redford
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There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect.
Ann Beattie
YouWayExploreReasonExpectCome
The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.
Sonny Liston
ManMeOld ManOldOnlyBeating
My father was the editor of an agricultural magazine called 'The Southern Planter.' He didn't think of himself as a writer. He was a scientist, an agronomist, but I thought of him as a writer because I'd seen him working at his desk. I just assumed that I was going to do that, that I was going to be a writer.
Tom Wolfe
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My favorite job is the next one. It's such a gratifying experience getting to creatively keep trying something new and push things in a different direction.
Roger Craig Smith
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High-profile columnists should remember they are in a privileged position. Writing isn't a dreadfully specific skill - it's taught to millions via our schooling system. And opinions? Well, I've yet to meet people without opinions.
Rob Manuel
PeopleWritingRememberOpinions
The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities.
Rod Lurie
PeopleWorldOpportunitiesAmerican
I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WorkRespectThinkUnderstandWell
'Game of Thrones' has kind of got the Midas touch, certainly for the lead actors and those recurring guest stars. It's the show that can do no wrong because it's so well produced. My contribution is short, but I think, in my mind, it was sweet because it involved such elaborate scenes.
Luke Roberts
StarsMindSweetGameThinkShort
Being in this whole fashion industry, seeing it firsthand, I never realized just how much work goes into everything.
Lucky Blue Smith
WorkFashionSeeingNeverEverything
Just having the pain of being alive without anything else, whether it's good or bad. There's a lot of serious songs on the record, you know. That song is just about feeling like a fish out of water, feeling like you don't belong on the planet sometimes.
Jon Crosby
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I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.
Christopher Guest
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