Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
Pearl S. Buck
Recitation: by Male by Female
With 'Interpreter,' I didn't know it was ever going to be a book, that they were going to be published. I was writing them in a vacuum for the most part. They were my apprentice work. Then the stories happened to become a book.
Jhumpa Lahiri
WorkWritingBookKnowBecomeGoing
The joy of being a consumer is that it doesn't require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next.
Matt Taibbi
ResponsibilityJoyThoughtYouShame
I've never been onstage in my life.
Anna Friel
LifeMy LifeNeverBeenOnstage
I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.
Jeb Bush
SupportYouFirstAlwaysSystem
Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
Alvar Aalto
TimePeopleKnowMoreWhoOur Time
The capture, taming, training and keeping of eagles is highly ritualized. Most of the birds, which have a life span of about 40 years, are caught when very young - either snatched from a nest or trapped in a baited net.
Stephen Kinzer
LifeTrainingBirdsYoungCapture
All I can do is knuckle down, write something really good, and hope someone responds to it.
Stephnie Weir
GoodHopeSomeoneDownI CanWrite
To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
Tracy Austin
GoalsMeetTennisUpPlaying
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
LoveFireSpiritualEssence
Frankly, a lot of candidates have no problem being sold to the highest bidder if it means they will win.
Jason Kander
WinProblemWillBeingMeansSold
When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
Brian Clough
GodChairGoUpGoingGive
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
PeopleThoughtDiscoveryDownDuty
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