Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.
Thomas McGuane
Recitation: by Male by Female
When you have a deadline, or when you know that your equipment is about to go up in a rocket and you won't have another chance to fix it, your mind works in a way that it otherwise never would.
John C. Mather
MindChanceYouGoKnowWay
I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?
Joely Richardson
LoveDaughterTimeStartThinking
I love meeting readers and booksellers and am beyond overwhelmed and gratified at the reception. Each day feels like an adventure.
John Corey Whaley
LoveDayAdventureMeetingBeyond
We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer.
Michael Connelly
PowerGovernmentLawLaw Enforcement
The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.
Stephane Hessel
GoodInterestCommonSlavesState
Yes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.
Sue Townsend
HatePeopleMeFeelYouTreasure
When I was a little girl, I did not listen to music much. I did not think that one day I would become a rapper. I was born in a very traditional and religious family. Being a female was destroying my dreams. Slowly, first through poetry and then music, I began to find ways to share my thoughts and feelings, talk to my family and to the world.
Sonita Alizadeh
FamilyDreamsMusicGirlDayPoetry
We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.
Tony Benn
ChangeSocietyCapitalismValues
By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competitive culture of invention and possibility.
Ron Conway
GrowthCulturePotentialAmerica
All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.
Jared Diamond
GoHumanThroughLittleEitherUse
I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
Jonas Mekas
ArtMeBlackArtistOthersLeave
How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.
Bob Uecker
WaitYouGoUpCatchRolling
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