For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly.
Elliott Abrams
Recitation: by Male by Female
Romanians have a particular love for poetry and have a beautiful, vivid language. The poets they love are not versifiers like Vadim Tudor, but genuinely complex mystical souls like Mircea Cartarescu.
Andrei Codrescu
LoveBeautifulPoetryLanguageLike
Everybody I knew, practically, was a journalist when I was a kid - my father, all of his friends. I never wanted to be like those people.
Matt Taibbi
FatherPeopleFriendsNeverKid
We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.
John Sladek
MyselfLibraryPhonePoolShyKid
I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein.'
Stephen Hawking
SchoolMePotentialClassNeverTop
'Rocky' is a movie that just happens to be about boxing. It's really about characters and story lines and relationships and all those things, and the backdrop is boxing. You can go back and watch the final fight in 'Rocky' a thousand times. If you dig that movie, if you like the characters, you'll watch the whole movie over and over.
Triple H
FightStoryYouBackRelationships
A CEO needs to build their own team.
Ross Levinsohn
TeamBuildOwnCEONeeds
Regardless what technology is, I like analog too.
Lou Gramm
TechnologyLikeRegardlessAnalog
I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.
Jason Mraz
GoodTimeRoadToughLongMy Own
When I am walking in Central Park, I recognize the Italians. Because an Italian, even when he jogs, he's dressed perfect.
Diego Della Valle
I AmWalkingPerfectDressedPark
My first son was born in Los Angeles; he's a Mexican-American.
Diego Luna
SonBornLos AngelesFirstHeLos
When I came to PSV, I signed when Eric Gerets was coach there.
Arjen Robben
CoachI CameCameSignedEric
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture.
Peter Ackroyd
TraditionEarlyKindLondonMiddle
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