That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Henry David Thoreau
Recitation: by Male by Female
I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.
Jesse Ventura
GovernmentPeopleSucceedBelieve
I want to write a studio movie, but probably one that's for me to be in.
Jenny Slate
MeWantWriteStudioMovie
In the end, with all of my films, I want to understand the continuity between these films and understand what they're trying to do.
Andrew Haigh
EndTryingWantUnderstandBetween
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
John O'Hara
AmericaUniqueCountryCivilization
I love the idea of coming into a struggling franchise and seeing if I can help them win. First off, I hate to lose. At anything. Secondly, who doesn't want to be the guy to help turn something around?
Matt Harvey
LoveHateWinHelpLoseSeeing
Over the course of 20 years that I've been at NBC, I have never seen the amount of money I make reported correctly by the media.
Matt Lauer
MoneyMediaNeverOverYearsSeen
It's not so unusual to run out of someone else's currency.
Jeffrey Sachs
SomeoneRunOutCurrencyUnusual
Weight loss can change your whole character. That always amazed me: Shedding pounds does change your personality. It changes your philosophy of life because you recognize that you are capable of using your mind to change your body.
Jean Nidetch
LifeChangeCharacterPersonalityMe
I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.
John Wooden
GameBenchSeatOffSeldomEver
I think the way poems are taught to high school students is completely counterintuitive; it sets up this sense of being the poem's adversary. The poem is sort of sneakily trying to outsmart you.
Tracy K. Smith
SchoolHigh SchoolThinkTryingYou
I'm not married, I frequently use my debit card to buy things that cost less than three dollars, and my bedroom is so untidy it looks like vandals ransacked the Anthropologie sale section. I'm kind of a mess.
Mindy Kaling
LooksThreeKindBedroomMessCost
I'm really close to my family, and I really want one of my own. But the wedding, it's not necessary for me.
Julia Restoin Roitfeld
FamilyMeWeddingWantMy OwnOwn
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