I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?
Jane Smiley
Recitation: by Male by Female
I do feel it's hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I'm trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.
Angela Duckworth
GreatHumblePeopleEnergyFeelYou
I would get scripts about 'a young swinging bachelor on the make,' and I said, 'No, I've done that.'
John Ritter
SaidDoneYoungBachelorSwinging
There's no such thing as a longtime Magic coach.
Stan Van Gundy
MagicCoachThingLongtime
I grew up in Singapore, and I went to Australia for law school, and after law school, I started doing stand-up comedy.
Ronny Chieng
SchoolLawComedyDoingAustralia
Being a president is an impossible job - it's naive to think someone can do the job and not bend the law here and there.
Ron Howard
JobLawImpossibleThinkSomeone
The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.
Martin O'Malley
FamilyDeathProcessDeath Penalty
People want to hear your stories about these wonderful experiences you have, and that's what press tours are for.
Luke Evans
PeopleYouWantWonderfulPress
A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn't. Like East African free jazz, which as far as I know does not exist.
Brian Eno
FutureMusicPastLooking BackFree
Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.
Aung San Suu Kyi
AgePoetryBecomeSomethingThan
I'm little. I'm pale. I'm not strong. But bad things are scared of me. I think it's because my dad was a preacher growing up, and I was raised in the Church of Christ.
Ashley McBryde
MeGrowing UpStrongThinkChurch
I can fight, but that's the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I'm not very good.
Tyson Fury
GoodFightFightingTalkingI Can
All right, I will read what's in my pocket.
Norton Simon
WillRightReadPocket
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