The function of a book or a poem or a story is to delight, to enchant, to beguile.
Philip Pullman
Recitation: by Male by Female
It has given me a global vantage point, being the daughter of immigrants from China, who had nothing when they came here. And now I am leading a company. It speaks to something deep in me, the concept that you don't have to start with anything.
Andrea Jung
DaughterI AmMeStartDeepYou
I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain.
Jeff Gordon
StepTeamFeelAboveJustChain
I'm Canadian! My father's Canadian.
Mia Goth
FatherCanadian
Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.
Amy Carlson
DoingActingI CanImagineMost
In chemicals, Synthetic Genomics is one of my real loves.
Steve Jurvetson
RealChemicalsSyntheticLoves
I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent.
Simone Elkeles
ParentLoseLostKnowLikeYounger
I'm not interested in doing something edgy with a capital E just so everyone knows, 'Oh, OK, now he's showing us he can do edgy.'
Tom Hanks
DoingNowEdgyEveryoneSomething
Ballet opens up the chest and the arms and elongates the body, so you carry yourself straighter. That's so important for a model. But also every woman.
Mary Helen Bowers
WomanYourselfYouBodyImportant
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
Milos Forman
CharacterMyselfEvilControlThink
I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.
Dick Gephardt
EducationGoodMotherSchoolTruck
I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.
Christian Kane
HairProudAmericanLongLong Hair
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
Clarence Darrow
PatriotismInjusticeTrueLandMore
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