Just because you are alive does not mean you have to give life.
Sheila Heti
Recitation: by Male by Female
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
Jewel
PurposeMeFeelLikeMakes
I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.
Sloane Crosley
JobCollegeLookingOutAccepted
I was born in 1948, so I'm a '60s kid, and in the '60s everyone talked all the time, endlessly, about socialism versus capitalism, about political choices, ideology, Marxism, revolution, 'the system' and so on.
Tony Judt
TimeSocialismCapitalismChoices
It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!
Roberta Williams
WorkHard WorkHardAlwaysOwnEven
I was watching a Storyville documentary called 'Blackfish' about killer whales in captivity. I was emotionally drained by the end. It revealed a real behind-the-scenes truth on what we do with animals.
Rupert Evans
TruthEndAnimalsWhalesWatching
My mother always read to me as a child. I really believe that bonding time between a parent and child is so important and precious. I have lasting memories of those stories because the experience was special.
Mary Engelbreit
MotherMemoriesTimeExperienceMe
There's no books out there articulating what the alt-right is. If they're such great philosophers, and they have such good ideas, and they're on the vanguard of intellectualism, where are their books? They don't have any.
Mike Cernovich
ViewBigTent
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
Michael Kinsley
AmendmentEqualProtectionLiberals
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
Jules Renard
MomentsEverythingWellGoes
For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003.
Juan Cole
RisePartyCountryMarchAprilUp
Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it.
Jonathan Raymond
MoneyGovernmentProblemWayMore
I grew up homeless, you know, lived in and out of U-Haul trucks and, you know, apartment houses, friends.
Donald Driver
HomelessFriendsYouKnowOutLived
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