My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.
Donald McKay
Recitation: by Male by Female
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
Max Eastman
ArtistCherishConsciousnessFunction
Every fact in the universe will fit every other fact in the universe. A lie never did, never will fit anything but another lie made to fit it. Never, never!
Robert Green Ingersoll
LieUniverseWillNeverAnything
One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
Anita Diament
KnowSeeBoneLittleLinesEnglish
I want to create an environment that actors can be really free in.
Michael Arden
FreeEnvironmentCreateWantReally
This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.
Ron Wyden
BetterHouseUpPrettyGoingGet
If you don't get trained for your SATs in America today, you are at a disadvantage. Training is expensive and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in.
Mickey Drexler
TodayTrainingAmericaYouPerson
I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person.
Michael Moore
CulturePersonNextUpCaughtJust
I do theoretical particle physics. We're trying to understand the most basic structure of matter. And the way you do that is you have to look at really small distances. And to get to small distances, you need high energies.
Lisa Randall
SmallTryingYouPhysicsLookWay
If a child in its first thousand days - from conception to two years old - does not have adequate nutrition, the damage is irreversible.
Josette Sheeran
ChildNutritionOldFirstTwoDays
When you sit there, and you sing the chorus - and then you look at each other, and everybody has the hair standing up on their arms - then everybody knows you've stumbled onto something.
Jay DeMarcus
HairYouLookUpStandingSomething
I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.
Josh Groban
ConfidenceSchoolPeopleHigh School
What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.
Dennis Muren
WorkPeopleYouDownWantFirst
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