Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
Eric Hoffer
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.
Jessica Alba
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Wanting to be liked means being a supporting character in your own life, using the cues of the actors around you to determine your next line rather than your own script. It means that your self-worth will always be tied to what someone else thinks about you, forever out of your control.
Jessica Valenti
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Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My music was the blues.
Jerry Leiber
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Some people don't support economic development. There are people in the Assembly who say there is no economic development possible; leave it to the private sector.
Andrew Cuomo
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The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.
Robert McChesney
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I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books.
Robert Hass
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I'm not a fan of grilling meat, since that tends to dry it out, and I find grill marks leave a bitter taste. A good steak house will offer different options for preparation, and I would ask them to broil or pan-roast the steak and finish it with butter. It ends up a dark chocolate color and stays very juicy.
Tom Colicchio
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When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.
Mary Beard
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Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
Jonah Lomu
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I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?
Dr. Dre
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I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.
Doris Lessing
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When I came on the scene, there was The Nualas, who were doing character comedy, but there weren't any other women doing stand-up because Michelle Read had gone more into theatre.
Deirdre O'Kane
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