You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
Joseph Joubert
Recitation: by Male by Female
I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.
Andrew Jackson
LifeI AmRegretMy LifeFeelings
My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such a big deal for me to be nominated anyway.
Soulja Boy
MeLostFirstSingleBigWest
It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.
Stone Gossard
WaterWantHumanInstinctNear
I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?
Siobhan Fahey
LovePeaceYouWriteRightSeem
Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.
Roger Wicker
GovernmentResearchLegalAmerica
I broke my wrist at summer camp playing a game called 'volleybat,' which was baseball but with a volleyball. It is as dangerous as it sounds.
Josh Gondelman
BaseballGameDangerousSummerBroke
I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously.
Doris Kearns Goodwin
MotherWifeI AmSeriouslyNothing
We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience... you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.
Chris Hardwick
SmallYouFocusedMeanAudienceWeb
I know a lot of people say, 'You're an athlete or actor... and you shouldn't speak up.' I think that makes no sense. No matter who you are, no matter what you do in the country, you're a part of our democracy, and if you have a voice, you need to use it.
Brandon Victor Dixon
PeopleDemocracyVoiceSpeakThink
Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. I'm not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.
Annabelle Selldorf
SuccessArchitectureAgingBuilding
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
William S. Burroughs
LivePolicePeopleSocietyHell
My grandfather was originally from the south of China before he emigrated to Malaysia pre-World War II. And I wanted to learn more about the history of the country of my ancestors. I knew I wanted a narrative set in contemporary Beijing. I was really interested in the effect of the rapid social and economic change on ordinary citizens in China.
Susan Barker
ChangeHistoryWarLearnGrandfather
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