I am not a nostalgic person.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.
Jim Elliot
SeaSchoolI AmSailLibrarySails
I feel a lot of support from the people of Penrith and the Blue Mountains and will always remember the amazing welcome home I received after the London Olympics. But more importantly, it's during hard times that Westies come together.
Jessica Fox
HomeTogetherMountainsWelcomeBlue
I get frustrated by the fact that comics go on stage with some kind of agenda beyond comedy - I'm not sure it should be about that.
Andrew Lawrence
ComedyGoKindBeyondStageSure
For too many years, politicians in Washington have been eager to pledge more hard-earned taxpayer dollars to help deal with the student debt load. But this doesn't sit right with the many Americans who take pride in making fiscally responsible choices and paying off their loans on time.
John Kline
TimeChoicesPrideHelpStudent
As an outsider to and observer of the restaurant business, one of the things I most admire about it is the risks people are willing to take.
John Lanchester
BusinessRisksPeopleRestaurant
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
Ambrose Bierce
WisdomExperienceOldUsFolly
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
Steven Wright
ExperienceYouNeedSomethingGet
I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. Unfortunately, its not the way the music business works. If you don't create some kind of public image, it gets created for you.
Tom Verlaine
LiveBusinessMusicMyselfThinking
That's nice, to be compared to Joanna Lumley. She played my mother once in 'Ella Enchanted.' I was one of the ugly sisters, and she was the stepmother, so that was great. I'll take that comparison, thank you.
Lucy Punch
MotherGreatUglyThank YouYouShe
We all have something in our past that is gripping us, and 'Violet' is very much about leaving those things behind.
Joshua Henry
PastLeavingThingsSomethingUs
Between the three, Facebook is literally everyone I've ever shaken hands with at a conference or kissed on the cheek at Easter. Twitter seems to be everyone I am entertained by or I wish to meet some day. Foursquare seems to be everyone I run into on a regular basis. All three of those social graphs are powerful in their own.
Dennis Crowley
DayI AmWishHandsPowerfulMeet
I don't have a boss or PR person, so I'm accountable to no one.
Chris Sacca
BossPersonAccountable
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