It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.
Marilyn Monroe
Recitation: by Male by Female
I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.
Stephen Colbert
New YorkYouNewOverYearsAway
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.
Stephen Mangan
InspirationalGoodTeacherSchoolHe
Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all about the storytelling and the pleasure of the reader. She doesn't want to be deep or highbrow.
Sophie Hannah
DeepNobodyWantStorytellingShe
I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.
Sonny Bono
AlwaysBeenMaverick
I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
FatherMotherDecisionMeMedicine
I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its time, but also impulses of generosity that transcend our particular era's messes.
Mona Simpson
PowerTimeGenerosityChallenges
The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and hid in the bush as the time of initiation approached.
Michael Leunig
TimeSeenMayManhoodIndigenous
Songwriting is a big deal to me.
Coy Bowles
MeSongwritingBigDealBig Deal
As both a local resident and a parent with a CF-afflicted child, I'm thankful for companies like Canon, Chase and Outback who believe that giving back to the community is critical to their role as corporate citizens.
Boomer Esiason
CommunityThankfulChildBelieve
I'm really trying to stop setting my plays in this one fictional town in Vermont.
Annie Baker
TryingStopVermontTownSetting
Liberal progressivism evolved after our Constitution. It has repeatedly failed all over the world so why do we think it could be successful here in the United States of America?
Allen West
WorldConstitutionThinkAmericaWhy
I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.
Tim Meadows
GunChicagoNeverHeadCopsBeen
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