Richard Russo Quotes

I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.

Richard Russo

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NaturePeopleThinkPriceKindWhy

One of my best friends had a tough time getting pregnant, and her situation had me really thinking about freezing my eggs.

Joanna Krupa

TimeBestMeToughThinkingFriends

I'm one of many who have seen their parents and their friends lose their jobs, lose their income, lose their livelihood because of the European Union.

Michael Gove

ParentsFriendsLoseIncomeSeen

If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.

Rob James-Collier

ComfortPassionateBlanketDriven

A lot of times, my best friend was my dog.

Rose Namajunas

DogFriendBestBest FriendTimes

My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, it's time to start lunch, and by the time you've done that, you're doing dinner and thinking, 'There has to be a menu we can order from.'

Julia Roberts

LifeHomeTimeCookingJoyLunch

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.

Dean Smith

CourageSportsStepCollegeForward

Most of the writers in TV are from L.A. or New York, and those are places where people are cynical and snarky. And they fly from L.A. to New York in an airplane over this vast, expansive land where people aren't snarky; they're a lot more like the 'Parks and Rec' characters.

Chris Pratt

New YorkPeopleFlyAirplaneNew

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

Bobby Womack

LoveGuitarNobodyWhyUnderstand

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Phillips Brooks

LifeLiveGodManYouEarth

I think, at the end of the day, you have to decide what you want. Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be rich? Do you want to have a career? Those are three very different things.

Phoebe Robinson

DayRichThinkEnd Of The DayEnd

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young.

Suzanne Fields

SportsBaseballWrongYoungHidden

Are there a million people out there who would love a Joey Cook album? I think there probably are.

Scott Borchetta

LovePeopleThinkOutCookMillion

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