Geraldine Brooks Quotes

I write while my son is at school. At about 7:45 A.M., I walk him there, with the dogs, then walk them for another forty minutes or so, go home and chain myself to the desk a little before 9 A.M., and try not to be distracted until I hear my son plunge through the front door at about 3 P.M.

Geraldine Brooks

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HomeSonMyselfWalkSchoolDoor

My family's a ruling family.

Aminatta Forna

FamilyRuling

I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before the Internet and before everything, just to get anything interesting, you had to go on vacation to San Francisco or something. But I think when you're in the middle of America, you feel very jealous of not just comedy but music that you don't have access to.

Matt Besser

MusicVacationJealousThinkComedy

Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

Joyce DeWitt

LongSaidWantSheBigStar

I got to a point where I referred to myself as Dolores of the Cranberries instead of myself because I alienated my real self from what I became so much.

Dolores O'Riordan

MyselfSelfRealPointWhereGot

When I first started 'Humans of New York,' I was writing short stories. There were about 50 of them. And, you know, they were a great part of the site, but the photography just started growing so fast that I didn't have time to make them anymore.

Brandon Stanton

GreatTimeNew YorkWritingShort

There is a worst part, and it is this: we spend more time with each other than we do with our wives and children, and we work very long hours - we work non-stop - so when we need to shut off, we need to be separate, or else we - or else we just slip into our work mode.

Anthony Russo

WorkChildrenTimeLongWorstNeed

There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work.

Phil Gramm

WorkYouTaxSayThingsAbout

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

Peter Steele

HumorPersonAlwaysBeenFarWanted

I'm grateful for anything that brings me back to Colorado.

Sheryl Lee

GratefulMeBackColoradoAnything

The IOC are the guardians of the Olympic ideal.

Lynn Davies

IdealOlympicGuardians

Sometimes people come to my standup show, and they think they're going to see Doug Wilson. Or they see me on the street, and they call me Doug Wilson.

Kevin Nealon

PeopleMeThinkSometimesStreet

The only thing I have never known is true intimacy with a man. I absolutely wanted to discover that before dying.

Jane Fonda

ManTrueIntimacyNeverDyingOnly

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