I've learned to climb a tree pretty fast.
Dickey Betts
Recitation: by Male by Female
I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.
Jhumpa Lahiri
WorkNatureStoryThinkFirstIdea
I'm not sure at all that I'm any good at this mentoring/investing business - that's why I'm using my own money, and that's why it's not a career.
Jerry Yang
GoodBusinessMoneyCareerWhyOwn
Acknowledging that there's something you desire, not going after it, and deciding that, 'You know what, it's fine; I'll just focus on what I do have, make myself a ham sandwich, and call it a day,' isn't happiness. It's denial.
Jen Sincero
HappinessMyselfFocusDayYouKnow
I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
Robert Mapplethorpe
LiveHopeEnoughLongI CanFame
I've taken singing lessons since I was young, just to work on technique.
Skylar Laine
WorkSingingYoungJustLessons
The act of thinking and interpreting is so central to Judaism that it makes more sense that we've become people like Woody Allen - thinkers and talkers and drafters of law.
Tony Kushner
PeopleLawThinkingBecomeMoreAct
No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something.
Robert Browning
ManFightWorthWithinSomething
I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.
Ruben Studdard
MeRacingLongOkayFinishAgainst
I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though I have an accent - I've always been able to play educated people. That's a good thing!
Roselyn Sanchez
GoodPeopleBlessedPersonPlay
Farmers and people who make a living from the land are finding it impossible to survive. So the first step is to get out of that place. Come to the city where there are opportunities.
Mohsin Hamid
StepPeopleCitySurviveImpossible
You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.
Liza Minnelli
WorkWork HardYouDreamWantFirst
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
Joseph Addison
LegalAuthorityOppressionHeavy
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