It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.
Dizzy Gillespie
Recitation: by Male by Female
There were always other children in our house, even though I'm an only child - there were always these other kids coming by.
Jeryl Prescott
ChildrenChildHouseAlwaysComing
I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
John Burroughs
WorkHappinessSecretThe Secret Of
On 'Redneck Island,' a show I love, there was a lot of drama and storylines going on because someone's always voted off the island through process of elimination.
Stone Cold Steve Austin
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We are not only what we read. We are how we read.
Maryanne Wolf
OnlyReadHow
Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may be - than the creative process itself, the process of composition.
Joseph Brodsky
CreativeProcessArtistGoalNothing
Environmental activists in the rough Antarctic seas have launched a new tool in the fight to stop a Japanese operation to kill hundreds of whales: remote-controlled drones.
Jonathan Franklin
FightEnvironmentalStopNewWhales
My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.'
Demetri Martin
HopeFruitChanceProblemYouApple
Getting things done in this country, if you want to build something, if you want to start a company, it's getting to be virtually impossible with all of the bureaucracy and all of the approvals.
Donald Trump
StartImpossibleYouCountryDone
There was a time when I was - after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might - this might have just been it.
Shania Twain
TimeThoughtEndBackCanadaFirst
There's nothing more daunting than a musical, but there's also no more direct line to joy. Getting there, though, is like pushing treacle up stairs.
Tim Curry
JoyStairsNothingMoreLineUp
I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.
Nikki Sixx
InterestingSayTalkAlwaysWilling
I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take on them.
Maria Semple
CharacterWritingStrongComedyBorn
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