Susan Orlean Quotes

When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing inflatable, nothing with latex membranes or strobes.

Susan Orlean

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HolidayNothingKidCornHalloween

I never had a Christmass at home for about 10 years.

Jim Sullivan

HomeNeverYearsAboutHad

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

Jennifer Lopez

SonDaughterI AmToughI CanNow

I was born on 7 September 1917 at Sydney in Australia. My father was English-born and a graduate of Oxford; my mother, born Hilda Eipper, was descended from a German minister of religion who settled in New South Wales in 1832. I was the second of four children.

John Cornforth

FatherMotherChildrenReligionBorn

When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.

Andrea Bocelli

FearMyselfMeFreeFaceWay

You're wrestling seven days a week for four months straight. It's a great way to learn.

Robert Maillet

GreatLearnWeekYouWayWrestling

Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time.

John Rocha

CharacterBeautifulTimeCottonOver

As a small business owner, I've had to find ways to keep costs as low as possible while still providing customers with the ability to use their credit cards for payments. Many credit card processing companies are so expensive when it comes to fees that it started to feel like a losing proposition to offer this payment option.

John Rampton

BusinessLosingSmallFeelCredit

I think I had the smallest handle around. When I got my bats, I even trimmed them down. I used to scrape them. Some years later when I started getting older, I used to start with a 33 and in the summer it got down to 31 and then probably in September got down to 30.

Stan Musial

Getting OlderStartThinkDownYears

I watched pretty much every coming out video on YouTube that has ever been posted; I watched it in between 14 and a half and 15. Those coming out videos, and those people on YouTube, those brave, brave, brave people on YouTube, without them, I don't know where I'd be.

Troye Sivan

PeopleBraveKnowYouTubeOutHalf

I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.

Roger Mahony

PeopleLawBelieveChurchOutLast

Online games for data-mining have a short virtual shelf life. People get bored, especially if the game seems stagnant.

Peter Diamandis

LifePeopleGameShortGamesBored

The seminal elements of what makes a story great - challenge, struggle, resolution - are the same whether we're talking about story content for a movie such as 'Rain Man,' or telling a purposeful story to forge new business relationships or conclude a fruitful transaction, such as acquiring an NBA franchise.

Peter Guber

BusinessGreatRainChallengeMan

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