Scott Turow Quotes

I'm of that generation of Jews still deeply influenced by the Holocaust. Certainly the notion that the state power to kill can be subject to such extraordinary abuse is always lurking beneath the surface for me. Certainly my experience and identity as a Jew is there.

Scott Turow

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PowerExperienceIdentityMeAbuse

I think being nice and being safe is unfair to yourself when you have big dreams as a woman. I think you have to prepare yourself that not everyone in this world has the same personality... The one thing I've chosen to be great at in my life is singing - so why not be proud that I'm great at it?

Jessie J

LifeDreamsGreatPersonalityWoman

Being from New York, living in L.A., being in Chicago, you kind of get more of the big-city, melting-pot sort of thing. But when you drive through the country, there's so many small pockets of people that don't experience people of different backgrounds. So what they've seen on television is their baseline.

Mekhi Phifer

ExperienceNew YorkPeopleSmallYou

Boredom is usually what spurs either bad decisions or any decision at all.

Amy Seimetz

DecisionDecisionsBoredomBadSpurs

I came out of the private sector, a life that I enjoyed. I sleep in a bed every night with a woman I went to first grade with. I wasn't running for a job. I was running - and I think you will find this to be the case with many of the freshmen - to produce results.

Steve Southerland

LifeJobWomanSleepNightThink

'The Magician's Apprentice' was about someone from the low end of society manifesting magical power and how that completely messes up the balance of the whole system.

Trudi Canavan

PowerBalanceSocietyEndSomeone

It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.

Tony Stewart

MistakeHardMake

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

Russell M. Nelson

HumanWellOnlyHuman BeingsSpoken

I have my own orchard, and I also work with the Bloomington Community Orchard, which has been one of the best experiences of my life.

Ross Gay

LifeWorkCommunityBestMy Life

When Melissa McCarthy came out with 'Bridesmaids,' all of a sudden you saw a plus-sized woman who had three dimensions, was not an appendage, was pivotal to the plot.

Donna Lynne Champlin

WomanYouThreeOutSawPlot

I'm ordinarily pretty correct in what I say.

Arlen Specter

SayPrettyCorrectOrdinarily

What excites me about picture books is the gap between pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures can tell a slightly different story or tell more about the story, about how someone is thinking or feeling.

Anthony Browne

WordsMeStoryThinkingPicture

My favorite dance move is the 'Old Man.'

Austin Mahone

DanceManOld ManOldMoveFavorite

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