I'm not satisfied sitting in just the world of abstract work.
Twyla Tharp
Recitation: by Male by Female
We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'
John Green
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My memories of Las Vegas were all with my father when I was, like, a teenager. He was best friends with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and we'd come up and see the shows and go backstage afterwards and have dinner together. It was one of my first educations about stars and how they really are back stage.
Michael Douglas
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The U.S. news media have a critical role to play in educating the public about climate change.
Amy Goodman
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I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.
Tom Hooper
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I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don't already agree with him.
Mohsin Hamid
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I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
Lord Byron
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I was made redundant from a job as a PA in a shirt-making company in 1996. I was devastated. I had been there for three years, and it was a job I really liked.
Lisa Jewell
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May you live all the days of your life.
Jonathan Swift
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The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone. There are scary implications to that.
Chris Sacca
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I'd never seen Rigondeaux's face without it being obscured by headgear or a photograph of Fidel he was holding up after winning a tournament. Finally I saw him, only to recognize the saddest face I'd ever seen in Cuba.
Brin-Jonathan Butler
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What 'Twilight' gave me was years to consider how I wanted to work otherwise.
Ashley Greene
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