The darkroom is just the means to an end.
Kim Weston
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.
Andrea Barrett
WritingStartThinkShortLearnWay
I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.
Amy Vanderbilt
I AmPeopleFindTryOutEtiquette
Gymnastics, for me, gave me a lot of self-pride: that drive to want to be great at something for myself. But it also gave me a sense of appreciation toward God. Now that I'm getting older, I really appreciate the talents God gave me. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally.
Amanda Borden
GodGreatMyselfGetting OlderMe
It turns out that a Nobel is also followed by other recognitions, and perhaps the most unexpected of these is that the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo has now made me an honorary 7th-degree black belt, something that, given my athletic abilities, is even more unimaginable than being an Economic Sciences Laureate.
Alvin E. Roth
MeBlackUnexpectedNowMoreOut
Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.
Marvin Gaye
FearPeaceSinSpiritMoreLimit
So right off, I'm going to have to say that a lot of people have been comparing Life Is Killing Me to World Coming Down, and I think a lot of those people equate art and sales figures, and I don't do that.
Josh Silver
LifeArtPeopleMeWorldThink
American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.
Joseph Brodsky
PoetryMeAmericanHumanRelentless
I think anything which promotes heterogeneity on the Internet promotes stability. Diversity in services, service providers, and separating the layers of the networking stack are all important.
David Ulevitch
ServiceDiversityNetworkingThink
I write my columns pretty carefully.
Bret Stephens
WritePrettyI WriteColumns
When you get on a comedy show, people assume you're a comedian. I'd say I'm more of a comedy nerd.
Ty Burrell
PeopleComedyYouSayMoreGet
Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt.
Thomas Frank
TrueDebtDaysBorrowingInterest
Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.
Marquis de Lafayette
ReputationAmericaNothingInterest
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