Claire Messud Quotes

I actually did work and produced two short dissertations, one on Faulkner and one on the film criticism of the stream-of-consciousness novelist Dorothy Richardson.

Claire Messud

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I regret I didn't ever learn how to fly a plane. I had the opportunity when I started to make some money, and I regret I didn't really take the time out and put the effort in and do that.

Jimmy Cliff

OpportunityTimeMoneyEffortFly

The Spirit of the Lord is with them that fear him.

Joanna Southcott

FearSpiritHimLordThem

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

Joey Ramone

MusicPeopleMeEmotionsBecause

It is really hard not to love Whoopi Goldberg.

Meghan McCain

LoveHardTo LoveReally

As long as I can run fast, track will always be an option. But right now I'm focused on football because the NFL is knocking on my door and I'm not going to slam it in its face.

Robert Griffin III

FootballDoorFaceLongI CanRun

When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.

Jeanette Winterson

WorkTimeDayGoAnythingGet

I'm an activist.

Michael Horse

Activist

To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control costs, provide quality, affordable health care choices to all, and make outrageous insurance industry abuses a thing of the past.

Michael Bennet

FutureHealthQualityPastChoices

Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to love whom they choose to love are the very ones denied that right by those who routinely take their vows for granted?

John Ridley

LoveSimplePeopleLongChooseWhy

There is no decision that we can make that doesn't come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.

Simon Sinek

DecisionBalanceSacrificeComeSome

One day in 1984, at the height of his fame, Michael Jackson made a visit to the White House. President and Nancy Reagan may not have dug his music, but they understood the power Mr. Jackson commanded as a common pop-cultural touchstone for just about everyone else.

Monica Crowley

MusicPowerDayHouseWhiteFame

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

Desi Arnaz

LivedGreatestWhoEntertainersEver

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