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Kyle Hill Quotes

Why would you envy a man who doesn't know the names of all the planets, is a 'high functioning' sociopath, and has no friends? Because Sherlock Holmes thinks in all the ways we wish we could.

Kyle Hill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american

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Man Friends Wish You Envy Know

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

John Cleese

History Book Comedy Want Write

A lot of times, jazz musicians try to educate people. What other genre does that?

Robert Glasper

People Musicians Jazz Try Educate

When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence.

Ameen Rihani

Learning People Influence Free Only

I go to Stanford, and I'm an economics major, not thinking I'm going to do anything with acting. A professor came to the dorm where I lived looking for people to audition for an August Wilson play, 'Joe Turner's Come And Gone.' I gave it a shot, got one of the lead roles in the play.

Sterling K. Brown

People Economics Looking Thinking Go

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

Tom Holt

Childhood Poetry Grow Out Nasty Few

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Sometimes directors feel a script needs something, but they're not sure what it is, so they show it to a friend; if the friend is a writer, he ends up kicking around with that script for a while.

Tom Stoppard

Friend Business World Friends You

The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion.

Robin Morgan

Women Power Control Stand Church

I may not raise my voice a lot, I may not be very flashy, but I like to interact with people.

Rula Ghani

People Voice May I May Not Raise

To get a sense of a person, to get their essence, it's not just about details. It is about something you can't really describe.

Lotte Verbeek

Details You Person Something Get

The stick-thin thing, I'm kind of just like, 'Not gonna do it' and 'I couldn't.'

Jordin Sparks

Kind Just Like Thing Gonna

Each season, my balance gets worse, and sometimes I fall. I no longer cook for myself but microwave widower food, mostly Stouffer's. My fingers are clumsy and slow with buttons.

Donald Hall

Myself Food Balance Slow Fall Cook

I have been writing since I was old enough to spell. I have never considered not writing.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Writing Enough Never Old Been Spell