I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.
Martha Reeves
Recitation: by Male by Female
I got my start in the 'New York Times' because I used to read Stuart Elliot, the advertising columns. I still do. And I read him so religiously, I wanted to work for him before I died.
Andrew Ross Sorkin
WorkNew YorkAdvertisingStartNew
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it.
Maurice Blanchot
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I went to college in New York. I interned at Vertigo, and then I interned at Marvel working for Chris Claremont. Just to age myself, this was in 2000.
Tom King
AgeMyselfNew YorkCollegeNew
I don't really think in terms of making something that is going to be bought everywhere, because I don't read those things. My writing is a process in which I try my best to make good sentences and a sequence of events that is compelling and believable.
Tom Drury
GoodBestWritingThinkProcessTry
When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.
Roald Dahl
CountryMilesWestMansionMoved
The soaps are great training. You can form good habits - or you can form bad habits. You have to set your goals. If you're not clear on what you want, you can slip into bad habits. It can become a comfortable place, and you don't grow.
Mary Page Keller
GoodGoalsGreatTrainingGrowYou
I hear people telling me a lot that the production of that particular record - 'One Part Lullaby' - really influenced them. I'm like, 'What? We were dropped from the label after that!'
Lou Barlow
PeopleMeProductionLikeTelling
I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.
Loudon Wainwright III
MusicMyselfListeningThinkBlues
You would notice if your own personal debit card limit shot up to $40 million dollars. And you'd probably call somebody.
Loretta Lynch
YouPersonalLimitUpOwnCall
We're visual creatures. Probably, when we were hunter gatherers... that was the kind of thing that mattered. And remembering, say, phone numbers was, like, not that important when you're hunting down a mastodon or whatever.
Joshua Foer
YouPhoneDownNumbersImportant
Part of my role and part of my job is to shine a spotlight on issues that need that spotlight, whether it's people, whether it's causes, issues, whatever it is.
Prince Harry
JobPeopleShineNeedWhateverRole
The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.
Sushant Singh Rajput
MyselfOpinionStrongOpinionsOnly
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