Sometimes we do things not because they're fun but because they're important.
Kim Brooks
Recitation: by Male by Female
I want to work with the teachers' union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It's not acceptable.
Meg Whitman
WorkChildrenGenerationDownSaid
But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.
Mercedes Ruehl
MotherChildNewsMy OwnOwnSaw
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
Steve Jobs
LifeBestCreativeMeMy LifeApple
I don't want people to spend their nights worrying about getting hit by asteroids. But I do want them to encourage their political leaders to invest in the insurance, which will allow us to prevent it from happening.
Rusty Schweickart
PeoplePoliticalInsuranceWantWill
The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
Michel de Montaigne
WisdomSignMostCheerfulness
Maybe I should have taken it easy on the smaller shows especially, but all in all, I have no regrets.
Mick Foley
ExperienceDayPeopleBookBusyYou
I'm just basking in the glory.
Johnny Knoxville
GloryJust
What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.
David Shields
TodayYouWhyUnderstandWriteJust
There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going.
Cheryl Ladd
FamilyFatherMotherChildrenBest
There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.
Bob Woodward
MeBookThoughtImpactSomeoneDone
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.
Brian Selznick
WorkBestMeStoryTryingSometimes
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
Woodrow Wilson
SportsPurposeControlGameGolf
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