Kids need a father around to make them whole. They need their mom.
George Pelecanos
Recitation: by Male by Female
At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention.
Jhumpa Lahiri
FatherMyselfNightBookAttention
My particular lifetime, my individual profile, represents something very basic to African-American history and culture because I was a second generation immigrant, so to speak, from the South. My grandfather was born in South Carolina - well, both grandfathers were born in the South.
John Edgar Wideman
HistoryCultureSpeakGeneration
Money is the kind of instrument which is very speedily produced.
Anatoly Chubais
MoneyKindInstrumentVeryWhich
When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was as model-maker.
John Knoll
KidHobbies
The American people should be the one to decide which direction the Supreme Court will go.
Jeff Sessions
PeopleDirectionAmericanGoWill
I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.
Sophie B. Hawkins
WomenListeningHolidayJazzOldUp
I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.
Dennis Rodman
GreatBirdSmartGameGotGive
We thought we were going to go up against SNL on Saturday Nights - that would have changed things so much that it's almost impossible to speculate what might have happened.
David Wain
ImpossibleThoughtSaturdayGoUp
I never thought my choice to leave the NFL would lead to 'Face the Nation.' When I first thought of quitting, I cringed at the notion of becoming a football safety advocate. I was making a personal decision; I never set out to influence others.
Chris Borland
DecisionFootballSafetyFaceChoice
In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
Corey Hawkins
TerrorismWayDifferentDifferent Way
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.
Alice Hamilton
MedicalProblemSpeechRecognition
Having a Hummer is stupid. It's stupid to waste that much gas. It's stupid to waste that much money on gas. It's stupid to parade your insecurities on public roads. Hummers are stupid-looking.
Penn Jillette
MoneyRoadsStupidParadeGasYour
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