I've heard that our greatest cross to carry is ourselves - how gravely we fall short.
Anne Lamott
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I was a teenager, I was the only black girl at a small, private Episcopal school, where my tuition was paid by the family my mother worked for. It was hard being the only one, and I faced a fair amount of racist and classist bullying there.
Jesmyn Ward
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The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.
John Engler
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But what I want to assure and reassure the public is we are concerned about your safety, your security, and your privacy. Let's work together in partnership to ensure that we can have the best way forward.
John Pistole
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I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.
Amy Hempel
GreatWritingSmallStoryLearnYou
When you get stuff for free, you have no self-worth.
Stacey Dash
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I got involved in lots of different areas round about 2007, 2008. Just working with lots of different people and stretching myself in different ways. I was working on art projects and working with other writers, just doing bits and pieces, trying to keep busy.
Stevie Jackson
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I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do.
Mila Kunis
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From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
Ludovico Ariosto
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John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested in are the writers who are most unlike me: for example, Denis Johnson.
Jonathan Dee
MeWritingNowFirstStartedMost
Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.
Johnny Ramone
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I love Rihanna's style. It's a good mix of streetwear and show wear, and I love her music, too. She's an incredible singer and performer.
Daya
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You look at guys on the court, man. You got this guy with this brand of shoe, and this guy with this brand - they're just wearing the shoe. But it's a whole different feeling when you got a shoe on, and it's yours.
Allen Iverson
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