There's always a need at a critical time for poetry.
Derek Walcott
Recitation: by Male by Female
I love Polaroids and I have a Polaroid camera collection from the '50s.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
LoveCameraPolaroidCollection
I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads.
Robert Rinder
LoveGoodBalanceFruitEatingFish
Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were part of school, and doing well in school was clearly a good thing. But comics were more like candy, just flashy wrappers without any nourishment. Cheap thrills.
Michael Dirda
GoodSchoolReadingWeirdDoing
I got really good at negotiating from a place of weakness.
Travis Kalanick
GoodWeaknessPlaceGotNegotiating
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'
Trent Reznor
MoneyMeWaitYouBackCareer
I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.
Ron Conway
WorkHard WorkResponsibilitySupport
I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.
Russell Simmons
MusicWordsPoetryDoingYouWant
There was a time when I was fighting with the decision as to whether or not a Hasidic man could go out and have a music career in the world and be involved in pop culture. For me, I was able to bring those two things together for quite some time.
Matisyahu
MusicTimeDecisionCultureTogether
If you played basketball growing up, you learn the importance of follow-through when you shoot: forming the gooseneck, waving good-bye to the ball, reaching into the far off hoop like it's a cookie jar - think Michael Jordan's last shot as a Bull.
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Growing UpBasketballThinkLearnUp
The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.
Milton Berle
AccountantWhyShyCompanyMillion
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
Lorna Luft
MotherGuiltClassSheJewishBeen
I'm really excited to share cabaret, the art form, not just with the generations that are above me, but also my generation and the generation under me. I think it's an art form that's incredibly important, and I think that my generation is a little unfamiliar with it.
Annaleigh Ashford
ArtMeThinkGenerationImportant
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