Working with language requires beauty for me.
Herta Muller
Recitation: by Male by Female
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
Jeremy Taylor
ManThinkPoorMoreFortuneDesires
A lot of work - unattributed, with no dollars - goes into taking care of kids.
Stephen Malkmus
WorkCareKidsDollarsTakingGoes
Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage to the choice, but because there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice.
Steven Pinker
CommunityDoingChoiceWayWithin
In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity.
Rosemarie DeWitt
LifeLoveMeHumanityFallFlaws
For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.
Mary Bono
ColleaguesInternetAuthorityAsking
They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
Jean de la Bruyere
AgeDaySingleLivedSingle Day
Time is water, and the Venetians conquered both by building a city on water, and framed time with their canals. Or tamed time. Or fenced it in. Or caged it.
Joseph Brodsky
TimeWaterCityBuildingConquered
You have to avoid what I call the 'smartest boy in class syndrome,' which is, just because you know it, you don't have to tell it. I often will go through a manuscript crossing stuff out, and say, 'This is just too much,' you know?
Don Winslow
YouToo MuchGoJust BecauseKnow
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
Christopher Lasch
JobInformationDebateEncourage
I will always love the law; no matter what, I'll always find ways to participate in the law.
Cheryl Mills
LoveLawFindWillMatterAlways
It is important to understand the philosophy of the city and country.
Claudio Ranieri
CityPhilosophyCountryUnderstand
People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.
Bob Iger
TechnologyPeopleBelieveMoreEven
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