Alissa Quart Quotes

My husband was 50; I was in my late 30s. We had lived adulthoods that did not include infants, except as metaphors. And then, like so many in today's America, we had a baby in later life.

Alissa Quart

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LifeTodayBabyHusbandAmericaDid

The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.

Jim Lovell

SpacePeopleGoSuccessful People

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

Jewel

NatureMusicThinkSpiritWayUsed

The greatest men, you can quote for everything.

John Dalberg-Acton

MenYouEverythingQuoteGreatest

I didn't start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure.

Andrew Vachss

ManAdventureAngryStartYoungOut

The floor of the U.S. Senate isn't a place that usually sees a lot of drama.

Amy Klobuchar

PlaceDramaFloorSenateLotSees

My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!

Michael Patrick King

MeMomDoorYouHouseSay

I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

Jay Weatherill

FashionActionStrongThinkCorrupt

In life, if you stay quiet, you'll get left behind. So I had to learn to be more vocal and outgoing.

Jaylen Brown

LifeLearnYouQuietMoreLeft

Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.

Debbie Ford

CompassionRoadYouLovingSituation

What I aspire to is to have the viewer look directly at the subject, as if they're looking through a window at the real thing.

Chris Jordan

WindowLookingLookRealAspire

Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.

Claudio Ranieri

MindThinkingSurpriseBitterness

The best fights don't occur between strangers. They occur between friends who trust each other.

Chuck Palahniuk

TrustBestFriendsStrangersBetween

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