I think childhood is, generally speaking, a preparation for disappointment.
Seamus Heaney
Recitation: by Male by Female
A writer who is in a hurry to be understood today or tomorrow runs the danger of being misunderstood the day after tomorrow.
Johann Georg Hamann
TodayDayTomorrowMisunderstoodWho
My parents have been married multiple times each, so the idea of being committed to somebody was scary.
Jenny Mollen
ParentsScaryBeingBeenCommitted
I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.
Melissa Etheridge
PeopleDriveWriteWhoSongsReally
What I was really saying in 'The Examined Life' was that I was no longer as hardcore a libertarian as I had been before.
Robert Nozick
LifeSayingLibertarianBeenBefore
What I think of as 'freakonomics' is mostly storytelling around an idea - not a theme but an idea. I like ideas much more than themes. Themes are boring. Themes are, 'Wool is back,' but ideas are, 'Why is wool back?'
Stephen J. Dubner
IdeasThinkBackBoringStorytelling
The stimulation I get from my phone does not feel like the opposite of boredom to me. It actually feels like a different flavor of boredom... a twitchier flavor. And sometimes, it's almost more irritation than stimulation. It's an itch.
Robin Sloan
MeFeelBoredomPhoneSometimesGet
When we project the specific organization of the human body into the space outside it, then we have architecture.
Rudolf Steiner
ArchitectureSpaceOrganizationBody
It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.
Russell M. Nelson
WorkYouKnowImportantWillBecome
'Queen of Katwe' is an absolutely true story. And it's wonderful. But it's not about saviors. Your only savior is yourself - but yourself with your community. It's never alone. You have to have someone who believes in you.
Mira Nair
CommunityAloneYourselfQueenStory
Coming from a smaller nation in Central Europe, I have learned pretty soon how important are agreed rules, cooperation, respect for partners and, most of all, willingness to listen and find common solutions.
Miroslav Lajcak
RespectRulesFindCooperation
I learned during my term and in the presidency that we should not discuss about assumptions or insinuations. If one day I have to do something against the U.S., the first one to get to know what I was going to do would be the president of the U.S.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
DayAssumptionsKnowOne DayFirst
We have to realize we are building a movement.
Dorothy Height
BuildingRealizeMovement
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