I have a kind of magnetic attraction to situations of violence.
Wole Soyinka
Recitation: by Male by Female
Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.
Jerry Spinelli
ThinkEndYouDownNowNeed
I grew up in Boston in a very, very, very Marine town. So back in my neighborhood in Boston, a working-class neighborhood, when you got your draft notice, you went down, and you took your draft physical. And then, if you passed it, you joined the Marine Corps.
John F. Kelly
YouBackDownMarine CorpsBoston
Hire me for the next picture. I don't have to just play down-and-out trailer trash and mean, old, wicked, old nuns. I could play a princess or a queen. That's all I wanted to do. Because campaigning does go on. It's a part of selling the film.
Melissa Leo
QueenMePicturePrincessPlayGo
I like the normal things of life: I like the Mets, and the Celtics, and the N.Y. Rangers. I like to watch C-Span; I love Costco.
Robert Morse
LifeLoveNormalThingsWatchLike
I've given myself permission to say whatever's on my mind when I'm on stage.
Andy Kindler
MyselfMindSayStageWhatever
We shouldn't persuade people that we can simply conjure up the sun and the moon: at the most, we can deliver a telescope.
Jean-Claude Juncker
SunPeopleMoonUpPersuadeDeliver
The things we obsess about today, in 40 years seem trivial.
Michael Beschloss
TodayYearsThingsSeemTrivial
In some ways I grew up in the public library in Troy, Michigan.
Robin Sloan
LibraryUpMichiganSomePublic
Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency.
Lisa Madigan
WorkHard WorkPlanningAdviceWill
I've never been very flashy or high-profile.
Jon Oringer
NeverBeenVeryFlashyHigh-Profile
The kids you turn your backs on when you take away their stories are the ones who lose, as well as you as a community of adults who may appear to fear their truths.
Chris Crutcher
FearCommunityYouLoseTurnMay
I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.
Condoleezza Rice
ChanceBetterGotGetStateThan
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