The great break of my literary career was going to law school.
Scott Turow
Recitation: by Male by Female
There's some evidence that if you're recruiting, you tend to recruit a mini-me. Then you have a very comfortable group round a table. You all think alike. You agree. People are arguing that the banking crisis was because too many of the relevant bodies were thinkalikes, and that if they'd had more diversity, maybe it wouldn't have happened.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
DiversityPeopleThinkYouTable
People are suspicious of science. They see it as being responsible for problems like the degradation of our climate. There is also a strand in society that says physics is terribly hard.
SciencePeopleSocietyProblemsSee
People who have very devastating lives sometimes have the most wild, avant-garde humor. It's like when you've seen it all and been through it all, nothing is off-limits in a way.
Jenny Zhang
HumorPeopleYouSometimesNothing
Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.
Andy Hertzfeld
PathObstaclesYouOvercomeBeing
I think sometimes in relationships, ladies like having a man who takes care of them, nurtures them. If you can't find it in a man your own age, you find it in somebody who is older.
Michael Douglas
AgeManThinkCareYouFind
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
John Wooden
ServiceSchoolBelieveHigh School
That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.
Steven Curtis Chapman
MusicCountryCountry MusicWonderful
I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.
Sigrid Nunez
WorkChangeHomeMorningTimeDay
I love dark chocolate. I'm also a peanut butter and chocolate fanatic. That's pretty much the greatest invention of the last century.
Tom Lenk
LoveChocolateDarkInventionPretty
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep: dark, life-destroying secrets.
Matt Besser
BirthdayMeSurpriseEnoughDark
Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.
Rosemary Mahoney
FoolYouPerfectNobodyTryPretend
My favourite season is autumn, and I love walking through woods.
Lucy Davis
LoveWoodsWalkingThroughAutumn
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Scott Turow