My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.
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I know people who have literally quit their jobs to spend more time with their children, and I go, 'Wow,' my dad used to go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and he'd come back at 7:30 and we'd kind of see him walk in and then he'd go upstairs and suddenly he'd be in a T-shirt and grumpy. There wasn't much in the way of conversation that went on.
Jimmy Kimmel
WorkMorningChildrenTimeWalk
Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged.
Jim Crace
MyselfWritingShortCareerNever
I have met every president since President Kennedy. And I think Barack Obama must be listed as one of the best. This young man has been so inspiring - not just to people in America but to people all around the world.
John Lewis
BestManPeopleWorldThinkAmerica
Manufacturers of food try to get the optimal ratio to tap into your impulsivity. They don't care about your health.
Robert J. Shiller
HealthFoodCareTryGetYour
If you listen to Louis Armstrong from 1929, you will never hear anything better than that really, and you will never hear anything more free than that.
Steve Lacy
FreeBetterYouWillListenNever
As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the things that are handed down, never, never entered the picture though they might have been very important.
Rita Dove
HistoryWomanSchoolThinkPicture
When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara came to power, too many thought he would hold to his promise to stand down, introduce democratic elections and restore the rule of law.
Mo Ibrahim
PowerLawThoughtStandDownHold
Aggression has proven to get people in trouble, in many ways, with the champions.
Luke Rockhold
PeopleChampionsTroubleAggression
Again, I don't hold it against somebody if they don't know who I am - I don't know who a lot of people are.
Lisa Loeb
I AmPeopleKnowHoldAgainstAgain
My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur, so that led me to be CEO of 'Roc-A-Fella' records, which lead to Def Jam.
Jay-Z
MusicPassionCultureMeYouKnow
I was for a minor amount of time but I was probably a better pianist at 15 than I am now.
Josh Silver
TimeI AmBetterNowThanPianist
The web site and the Internet are a whole new ball game.
Johnny Rivers
GameInternetNewBallWebWhole
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