I survived many a youth hostel bunk room reading Tolstoy by flashlight.
Maria Semple
Recitation: by Male by Female
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career.
Amy Chua
MotherSchoolParentsLawFashion
Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness.
Sri Chinmoy
GodHeartSpiritualMindIdeasTry
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
Stokely Carmichael
GovernmentLawConscienceHigher
I had good care going. I had Meredith and the family. And I didn't want to become the object of some kind of pity, most of all. I didn't want to show up on the Internet, 'Tom Brokaw has cancer.'
Tom Brokaw
FamilyGoodCareInternetWantKind
In Manipur, mostly the top player's family background is very poor. I also come from a poor family, so we have to do more hard work to get money and a better life.
Mary Kom
LifeWorkFamilyHard WorkMoney
I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.
Michiel Huisman
ThinkGuitarPlayAlwaysWellCould
My family is the epicenter of my life.
Lou Barlow
LifeFamilyMy Life
We don't focus on our rivals: we focus on ourselves.
Julen Lopetegui
FocusRivalsOurOurselves
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius
GoodWordsFindWillDifficultWho
The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.
Brian Fallon
ThingsStringsLikeUseOrgansVery
There's no point doing a job where you're uncomfortable or doing something you dislike.
Bradley Walsh
JobDoingUncomfortableYouDislike
When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?
Nikki Sixx
FamilyRightRecoveryHisAddict
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