Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes

The small family farm is dying; people's lives are being dislocated.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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FamilyPeopleSmallFarmDying

Turning 50 is making me reflect on my life in a way that's more compassionate and forgiving.

Viola Davis

LifeMeMy LifeWayMoreReflect

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.

Jens Lekman

MusicMeLearnInterestingKnow

I studied physics 12 in summer school after I completed grade 12. Did I enjoy it initially? No, I had found physics difficult since grade 11, and I struggled a lot. Did I learn from it? Yes, and as I improved, I started enjoying it more.

Ann Makosinski

SchoolLearnEnjoyPhysicsSummer

Some things hit close to home with people, and it's going to be hard to tell someone who lost somebody on 9/11 that a 9/11 joke is funny.

Michael Che

FunnyHomePeopleSomeoneLostHard

Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

Ambrose Bierce

WorldHeavenLyingPrettyUsBegins

My name is not really a common one, but people always tend to mix it up, which is quite embarrassing! As there have been incidents where I would be all ready to go on stage for my performance, and the host would say, 'Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Mr Rithik.' And, I would have to remind them that it isn't Rithik but Rithvik!

Rithvik Dhanjani

WelcomePeoplePerformanceNameGo

When you struggle with weight, it's not an internal struggle... it's literally an external struggle, and everyone sees it.

Ross Mathews

StruggleYouEveryoneWeightSees

There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.

Michael Winterbottom

ViewCinemaWantSameAudienceSee

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

Joseph Heller

GrowWantBoyGrow UpUpLittle

I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.

Dean Haglund

SchoolChildTheatreTelevisionAlso

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.

Donald Rumsfeld

YouPageSayWashingtonSeeThings

It's a very immersive and intense form of travel to walk around with an interpreter and stop random people on the street and ask them about their lives.

Brandon Stanton

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