The first few months in a new country are always really hard.
Granit Xhaka
Recitation: by Male by Female
Our family is very, very competitive. But it's a fun and inspiring sort of competitive. It makes you proud of what you do and makes you want to work hard and do all your homework so you can win.
Joe Lonsdale
WorkFamilyFunWork HardWinProud
Everyone is looking for a purpose in life. The reason we all go to the cinema or online is because we haven't found a purpose yet. We are always wondering why we're here. But I've learned that we have to create that purpose for ourselves.
Jerome Jarre
LifePurposeLookingCinemaCreate
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
John le Carre
WorldViewPlaceDangerousDesk
People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house.
John Hodgman
FunnyMusicPeopleWritingYouRock
In 1995, I sold the rights to Harry Bosch to Paramount. They had several screenplays written, but a movie never happened. Harry Bosch went on the shelf, and I had to wait 15 years to get him back.
Michael Connelly
WaitBackNeverHimYearsRights
I never really made a choice to live in America, so I should be aware of the social strata outside of the ones that I may live in.
John Updike
LiveAmericaChoiceNeverOutside
It's true that I'm always happy to walk away.
Ana Patricia Botin
WalkHappyTrueAlwaysAway
We had a severely autistic kid in my class, and I was always picked last in gym class, even after him. Naturally, that made me feel pretty bad as an eight-year-old.
Steven Crowder
MeFeelGymBadClassKid
I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.
Michael Lee-Chin
ConfidenceI AmMeGrowing UpBorn
The 'Arab Spring' is the most spectacular example of the dispersal of power.
Douglas Alexander
PowerSpringExampleMostArab
I consider myself a religious person, but when it comes to God and faith, I don't know. I guess that means I'm agnostic.
Del Shores
GodFaithMyselfPersonKnowMeans
I think fondly of the rabbit holes I disappeared down when I researched papers for history and English because I couldn't find quite what I was looking for, or because I had to go through so much material to find examples for my thesis.
Christina Baker Kline
HistoryLookingThinkFindDownGo
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