Soccer is taken extremely seriously in Turkey.
Elif Batuman
Recitation: by Male by Female
I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, and it was touch and go. I had my guitar with me, and as soon as I got well enough to play, there was nothing else to do in that hospital. The nurses would come in and request songs.
Robert Hunter
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I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative device, a phenomenon that would allow me to draw in a lot of different players. I was like, 'Shoot, eviction does that.'
Matthew Desmond
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The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop!
Angelina Jolie
GreatYouPersonGoJustKids
I've paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.
Johnny Mathis
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We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.
Colin Greenwood
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Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the fruits of science are used.
Polykarp Kusch
KnowledgeAloneScienceWorldMay
I love TV and am happy doing TV shows.
Pratyusha Banerjee
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I told the president 'no' to special treatment for Congress when he tried to exempt them from Obamacare.
Pete Gallego
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I honestly have no interest in politics; I don't think I could ever get into politics.
Shilpa Shetty
PoliticsThinkInterestGetEver
My first job was working in a dress shop in Los Angeles in 1940, for $7 a week.
Paula Fox
JobDressWeekLos AngelesFirst
Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.
Nigel Hamilton
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I thought about doing '36 Chambers' on Broadway.
Rza
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