Alison Lurie Quotes

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.

Alison Lurie

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Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

John Denham

PoetryLanguageWillSpiritOut

I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name, doing more reading.

John Zorn

ReadingThinkingNameDoingReady

Back then it was nothing like today. So you'd go to the bowling alley. We bowled and you could be in the back and you could make out, you know? And you know how hot it was to make out.

Steven Tyler

TodayYouBackGoKnowNothing

I'm not rebellious. I try to be rebellious, but I don't walk around being rebellious for no reason.

Sofia Boutella

WalkTryReasonBeingNo Reason

I've loved hip-hop all of my life, but there came a time in my life when my entire life had a shift: where, before, I was just kind of going to church every now and then; then, there was an actual change, where I actually understood who Jesus was, actually understood the message of the Gospel, and my entire life changed.

Trip Lee

LifeChangeTimeLovedChurchKind

People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business, the way people live.

Robin Li

ChangeLiveBusinessPoliticsPeople

I've learned that there are many people out there who want to feel powerful and strong on their own terms, who want to tune out the noise and the punishing nature of grueling workouts. With 'Ballet Beautiful,' we have peeled back the mystery of ballet and allowed people to do these workouts anywhere and in their own time.

Mary Helen Bowers

NatureBeautifulTimePeopleStrong

'Rocket to Russia' is, I think, my favorite Ramones record. We reached our peak at that point.

Johnny Ramone

ThinkRussiaPointRocketPeakOur

That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever.

Christo

BelieveNothingYearsDinosaursStay

I am not interested in politics at all. At home, around the dinner table, we never discuss politics.

Columba Bush

HomePoliticsI AmDinnerTable

Comedy is surprise. Comedy is not something that you can, necessarily, do twice.

Bryan Callen

SurpriseComedyYouTwiceSomething

I was 11 and watching soap operas with my mom, and I thought it would be cool to be an actor. I thought soap operas was going to be the dream at the time - it's obviously now not the dream, but I think soap operas are really cool. Maybe I'll go back to that.

Britt Robertson

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