I am too pure for you or anyone.
Sylvia Plath
Recitation: by Male by Female
I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.
Jhumpa Lahiri
WritingThinkKindRoleRecording
The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
Andrew Bird
MeWritingYouTrueNeedBecause
Well, the terrible thing right now, and I don't know the statistics, but there's a growing concern in some communities about how rapidly people are sent from school to jail, how quickly they're put into the criminal justice system. And of course the rapidly growing number of brown people, both men and women, in prison. And this is terrible.
Anna Deavere Smith
WomenJusticeMenSchoolPeople
You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.
Anna Kournikova
PurposePeopleMeBlameWorldThink
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill
PersonBeliefEqualOnlyWho
Cop shows are by definition melodramatic; they're larger than life. They create very stark contrasts and conflicts emotionally. They're provocative, assuming they grapple with - to the extent that cop shows are mirrors of the culture.
Steven Bochco
LifeCultureMirrorsCreateAssuming
I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.
Simon Cowell
HateMindMeThinkYouDistractions
If four years of university can increase your effectiveness of what you can do for others in the name of Christ, it is the best investment that you can make. But if the education is simply to get a job to make a lot of money, you have to raise the question of why you're doing it.
Tony Campolo
EducationBestMoneyJobNameDoing
I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.
Mary Quant
WorkShortRunBusCatchGet
When I first got into the major label system, they were like, 'Hey, you're great - now write with a million people so we can get songs.' That was something I hadn't done before, and the songwriters I was working with had worked on some massive numbers - like 'True Colours.' One of the guys wrote 'Livin On A Prayer.'
LP
GreatPrayerPeopleYouNumbersNow
We are gods. Our tools make us gods. In symbiosis with our technology, our powers are expanding exponentially and so, too, our possibilities.
Jason Silva
TechnologyToolsPossibilitiesUs
Some comedies, they want you falling on your face and doing silly things.
Jason Statham
FaceDoingSillyYouWantFalling
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