I had a lot of learning on my feet.
Julie Andrews
Recitation: by Male by Female
The real universe has a marvellous and unique quality, inasmuch as it and only it can take us completely by surprise.
John Brunner
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I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.
Jennifer Weiner
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I am so proud of 'Top Chef' - I think it's got great cred.
Andy Cohen
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In the U.S., it is a crime to lie to a federal agent, and it's often this that sends people to jail over financial matters.
John Lanchester
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Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.
Steven Spielberg
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I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.
Maryanne Wolf
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We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president - and the president alone - who always makes the final call.
Michelle Obama
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Many climate scientists say their biggest fear is that warming could melt the Arctic permafrost - which stretches for thousands of miles across Alaska, Canada, and Siberia.
Michael Specter
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The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.
Dennis Miller
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For me, character comes from a specific condition or situation. I cannot really define a character outside that situation.
Asghar Farhadi
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Music for me, it demands full concentration.
Paulo Coelho
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I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.
Norman MacCaig
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