Cornelia Parker Quotes

My mother was German, and I was brought up with 'Struwwelpeter' stories, which are invested with all sorts of horrors waiting for you if you do the wrong thing.

Cornelia Parker

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MotherWaitingYouWrongWrong Thing

It's amazing to me that people have any interest in such a low-level sex scandal. If I were sleeping with a congressman, maybe, but I'm a nobody and the people I'm writing about are nobodies.

Jessica Cutler

PeopleAmazingMeWritingSexMaybe

Reading and watching movies are the only two things I do. I'm moody, so at times I'm annoyingly introverted; at other times I'm annoyingly extroverted. So I think I'm an ambivert!

Sriti Jha

ReadingThinkMoviesWatchingMoody

We are not giving up on repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Steve Scalise

GivingGiving UpUpNot Giving Up

I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.

Michael Symon

FamilyFoodCityThinkHolidayMeat

I've seen what power women have in unification, and I would love to create co-working spaces and networks for female entrepreneurs.

Molly Bloom

LoveWomenPowerCreateSeenWould

I did see 'Zoolander II,' and I thought it was a cool movie, but I liked the first one way more.

Lucky Blue Smith

CoolThoughtWayMoreFirstSee

I have a tremendous passion for fitness, I love challenges and I am a very driven guy.

Lou Ferrigno

LovePassionFitnessI AmChallenges

You seize sentiment better when you get clear of nature. You breathe it in every sense!

Jules Verne

NatureBetterYouBreatheSeizeGet

I don't cook anything.

Lisa Ling

AnythingCook

My first Ramones show was at a small club in Columbus, Ohio, in 1978. It was a transformative experience, even though my memories are a little blurry, since someone kicked me in the head halfway through the show, probably during 'Beat on the Brat.'

Derf

MemoriesExperienceMeSmallSomeone

By the time a kid goes to college, if he's taking math or science, at least he knows, or you hope he knows, some basics. But if you're teaching history in college, you have a lot of damage to undo. You basically have to start over because so much of what a kid has already learned is just wrong.

Chris Crutcher

HopeScienceHistoryTimeCollege

I love D.C. I love working there.

Alice Ripley

LoveWorkingI Love

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