The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.
Jimi Hendrix
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I think people make certain assumptions about what they're interested in reading or what others would be interested in reading, and when they think of poor black people in the South, they don't think people are interested in reading about those people.
Jesmyn Ward
PeopleReadingBlackThinkPoor
I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.
Jenny Slate
EducationGreatSexActiveAlways
Failure is a word that I simply don't accept.
John H. Johnson
FailureAcceptWordSimply
Wrestlers give their bodies to their work. I don't know if I like the word 'crazy' here. What I would say is there are people who have a different relationship to their bodies than most people.
John Darnielle
WorkRelationshipPeopleCrazyKnow
As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
Rita Mae Brown
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I try to keep things as varied as possible in my career, and after playing something as fun and over the top as Maryann on 'True Blood,' I wanted to find something antithetical to that.
Michelle Forbes
FunCareerFindBloodTruePossible
Every thought we think is creating our future.
Louise L. Hay
FutureThinkThoughtCreatingOur
I especially remember that on All Souls Day, when so many people wanted new monuments for the graves, our whole family pitched in. I did the lettering on the stones, my brother did the carving, and my sisters put the finishing touches on them, the gold leaf and all that.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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We should never forget that Americans continue to advocate for individual liberty, equality and self-governance. We often step in when it's necessary to help countries in need. But our history needs no whitewashing. To attempt this does us a terrible disservice.
Jay Parini
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I want to be surrounded by women, I want to be snuggled and cuddled and pampered.
Jason Mraz
WomenWantSurroundedPampered
Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.
Jonathan Carroll
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