My biggest loss was the Olympics. I just can't forget losing. I never will.
Mark Spitz
Recitation: by Male by Female
The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
Andrew Bird
MeWritingYouTrueNeedBecause
I had this little piece of me that always wanted to be an actress, but I would never say it out loud because it was kind of embarrassing because where in San Jose do you become an actress? You don't, really. It was very far-fetched. It was similar to me saying, 'I want to be a princess.'
Anjelah Johnson
MeSayingYouPrincessWantKind
'The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.
Amy Ryan
ThinkFirstSeasonShowFanI Think
Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert.
Robert Fripp
ResponsibilityKingTraditionYou
As CEO of Aetna, I was a buyer of portfolio companies rather than a participant in the value creation process. From the end of the assembly line, what happened in manufacturing wasn't visible to me.
Ron Williams
ValueMeProcessEndCreationLine
I grew up in a family that had young people adopted from all over the world.
Ronan Farrow
FamilyPeopleWorldYoungOverUp
There's not a sport or activity in life where you have a really hard grip, you actually do better. Whether it's baseball or golf or kicking a ball, the looser you are, the further the thing goes... If you're tight, you're not necessarily better.
Lloyd Blankfein
LifeBaseballBetterGolfYouHard
Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.
David Tudor
DestroyedDisposableMadeShould
In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.
Brian Eno
LifePersonNormalNormal LifeVery
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.
Aung San Suu Kyi
PowerSecurityNothingWhyMilitary
Had I wanted, I could have set up my own company, secured funding, and made money. That proposition, however, does not excite me, since it would be a very self-centric goal.
Pranav Mistry
MoneyMeGoalMy OwnCompanyOwn
'Star Wars' is such a phenomenal global supernova that anything that gets said about it becomes kind of fact and gospel, and then taken by the legions of fans who are so excited to have more 'Star Wars,' that they roll off on all sorts of flights of fancy.
Seth Green
SaidKindMoreAnythingExcitedOff
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