Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Thornton Wilder
Recitation: by Male by Female
There is a lot of sadness in America.
Max Joseph
SadnessAmericaLot
I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades.
Jeff Daniels
GoodTimeTalentMeYouKnow
I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.
John Shirley
ThinkSkillRightParanoiaI Think
I stopped performing because I don't have the temperament of a performer. You have to want to do the same thing over and over again. Once I got it right, I didn't want to do it again. I always use the analogy of a novelist who has to read his novel in public night after night. I just didn't want to do it.
Tom Lehrer
NightYouWantRightAlwaysOver
Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time.
Mike Singletary
LifeTimeMomentSongMy Life
After the end of slavery, African-American men were arrested in mass, and they were arrested for extremely minor crimes like loitering, standing around, vagrancy, or the equivalent of jaywalking - arrested and then sent to prison and then leased to plantations.
Michelle Alexander
MenSlaveryPrisonEndStanding
I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.
Clive Owen
MyselfBetterLearnTryingCraft
For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
Bob Riley
TogetherPoliticsUnityPrideLong
I just try to do my best every at-bat. That's what I plan to do.
Asdrubal Cabrera
BestPlanTryJustEvery
India has a consistent and well-known position on terrorism. We oppose all acts of terrorism, wherever they occur. We have repeatedly said that no cause can justify violence and destruction, particularly aimed at civilians.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
ViolenceIndiaSaidTerrorismCause
The war to rein in Wall Street excess is never over.
Timothy Noah
WarWallStreetNeverOverExcess
I'm writing a musical. I am. I was able to buy the rights to 'The Preacher's Wife,' which starred Whitney Houston... I'm writing a whole new score and all the lyrics for it.
Tituss Burgess
WifeI AmWritingNewHoustonBuy
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