Had I not become entangled with music, I would have become an author much earlier.
Chico Buarque
Recitation: by Male by Female
I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.
Jim DeMint
ChangePeopleDirectionCountryKnow
I've gained a lot from James Joyce, Tolstoy, Chekhov and R. K. Narayan. While writing, I try to see if the story is going to radiate spokes. Their literature has always done that and gifted me beautiful things.
Jhumpa Lahiri
BeautifulMeWritingStoryDoneTry
The question of how to structure our nation's financial system arose in the early years of the republic.
Jerome Powell
FinancialEarlyQuestionStructure
The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little.
Max Lerner
ChangeAgeSadnessYouRealFifty
The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
BuildingProcessEurope21st Century
Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years.
Steve Case
SchoolPeopleGradesPlaceSame
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
AgeOld AgeOldForgettingUpGrave
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.
Louis Begley
I AmWritingThinkLanguageTest
As someone who has researched and written about the Mexican cartels and the futile 'war on drugs' for coming on twenty years, I know how tough a subject it is. Mind-bending, soul-warping, heartbreaking, it challenges your intellect, your beliefs, your faith in humanity and God.
Don Winslow
GodFaithWarChallengesToughKnow
One healthy thing I'd like for players to know, whether they're active or former, is you likely can't replicate the thrill of playing before 100,000 people and big hits and making that much money. We can get ourselves into trouble trying to.
Chris Borland
MoneyPeopleTryingYouHealthyBig
Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student intern can be vital.
Bruce Pittman
RisksTeamLooksStudentSometimes
My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's anything better.
Anne Wojcicki
FamilyWalkThinkBetterWeekend
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