Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.
Doug Larson
Recitation: by Male by Female
The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.
John Frankenheimer
JobYouDeadOldGetCome
I wasn't strong enough to have an eating disorder. I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that's not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'
Meghan Trainor
GoodMeEatingStrongEnoughYou
It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would encourage people to do that, because they'll be surprised once they do 'come out' how many other people have had similar experiences.
Matt Haig
PeopleMental IllnessTalkDifficult
I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to not lose touch of our humanity. We live in a world in which we watch other's misfortunes for entertainment.
Amandla Stenberg
LoveLiveWorldThinkPowerfulLose
Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.
Roddy McDowall
LiveTimeNew YorkTelevisionNew
Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.
Mickey Rourke
BestBetterChoiceActingDown
There's a part of you - the born-again part, your spirit - that's dead to sin. That's why it bothers you now when you sin. The 'wilderness' part of you - your soul - is your unrenewed mind, out-of-control emotions, and stubborn will.
Joyce Meyer
SoulMindWildernessStubbornYou
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
Jean de la Bruyere
PassionDeathSickLongPersonSign
At the federal level, the fiscal stimulus of 2008 and 2009 supported economic output, but the effects of that stimulus faded; by 2011, federal fiscal policy actions became a drag on output growth when the recovery was still weak.
Janet Yellen
GrowthWeakPolicyRecoveryLevel
The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined.
Jose Ferreira
MoreSan FranciscoBay AreaBayThan
I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.
Christopher Walken
ChildActorNeverPerformer
In many ways, the very notion of school choice operates under a false pretense - an assumption that every child has the same set of choices to make and the same places to choose from.
Clint Smith
SchoolChildChoicesChooseChoice
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