Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
George Orwell
Recitation: by Male by Female
I hate pork rinds. I couldn't imagine how anybody would ever get the idea of taking skin from a pig and frying it and then trying to sell it to people. And then people actually buy it to eat it. That is the true sign of the decline of the human race.
Joel Kinnaman
HatePeopleTryingPigSkinTrue
I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.
Maya Rudolph
ChanceThoughtDoingDreamNever
Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.
Robert Redford
LifeNatureSportsFishingYourself
Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world.
Jeanette Winterson
WorkLoveWorldBookBodyHer
I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither.
Jean Hanff Korelitz
BestStorySayWithoutFineJust
Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something.
Amy Poehler
CharacterPeopleRandomDoingYou
I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and now they're following me to everything I do. They're very dedicated and loyal. I'm very lucky.
Amber Benson
LoveCharacterMeThinkGroupLucky
Show up, shut up, and shine.
Stephanie Savage
ShineShut UpUpShowShut
I was never interested in reality shows or dance shows, as they have become so common.
Shilpa Shinde
DanceRealityBecomeNeverCommon
I much prefer being told off by Brendan Rodgers than by my wife. Brendan is more careful than my wife with what he says.
Luis Suarez
WifeMoreBeingOffCarefulHe
I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album.
Lou Reed
ThinkKnowWillNextGoingJust
I have so many favorite writers, it's very hard to select a few... of classic writers, I have always admired Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau.
Joyce Carol Oates
ClassicHardAlwaysFavoriteMany
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