Awards bolster your confidence in wonderful ways. But they aren't the world.
Claire Messud
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love having my hometown with me out here in California.
Jill Scott
LoveMeHometownWallPhiladelphia
The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.
Jerzy Kosinski
ConversationPlannedHoldWhereWhom
You can find me at three in the morning in my living room with a glass of wine and really bad '90s trip hop beats blaring from my headphones.
Jenny Lewis
MorningMeWineYouBadFind
Infectious disease exists at this intersection between real science, medicine, public health, social policy, and human conflict. There's a tendency of people to try and make a group out of those who have the disease. It makes people who don't have the disease feel safer.
Andrea Barrett
ScienceHealthPeopleConflictFeel
Working out, no matter what time of the night, rejuvenates me. At times, I don't feel sleepy after a workout session, as I am all fresh and charged up, and I don't mind compromising on my sleep.
Anita Hassanandani Reddy
TimeSleepI AmMindMeNight
Our goal is to make the best devices in the world, not to be the biggest.
Steve Jobs
BestWorldGoalMakeDevicesOur
I have never met a successful person who talked about failing. The glass is always half full. I don't even like being around negative talkers.
Sir Mix-a-Lot
NegativePersonGlassNeverAlways
I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.
Simon Cowell
ThinkYouAudienceIgnoringShow
The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.
Ronnie Corbett
LifeFunnyMomentsYouPersonJoke
The left, liberals, believe that if we just have more gun control laws, all the problems are going to go away. Well, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think - yes, it will, it will be reduced. There's no question about that.
Michael Moore
ControlBelieveProblemsGunThink
When you're cornered, there are two things you can do: move or fight.
Josh Fox
FightYouTwoThingsMoveCornered
My frustration has always been that I'm a Christian, but I don't buy into, never have bought into, the belief that Jesus and God are these men who just dictate that this is how you have to live your life or you are going to burn in hell.
Art Alexakis
LifeLiveGodMenFrustrationHell
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