A lot of what I write is very personal.
Elif Batuman
Recitation: by Male by Female
I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.
Jesse McCartney
WorkTimeMyselfCareEnoughGym
I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.
John Malkovich
BluePeopleStartBlackYouPerson
Camping is something I've done all my life.
Stefanie Powers
LifeMy LifeDoneCampingSomething
I was raised Catholic and I went to church until I was 16. I went through a phase when I was 15 of being quite fanatically Catholic. I was going to church a lot, receiving communion, saying the Rosary, praying, all that stuff. But when I started scrutinizing it, it just fell apart so quickly.
Robert Crumb
SayingChurchI Was RaisedGoing
Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.
Juice Newton
PersonalitySimpleMeChanceFeel
Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.
Josh McDowell
LightYouNowAlwaysHistoricalAny
I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade. Our school would take bus trips up to see shows, and so it was on one of their bus trips that I got to see 'Beauty and the Beast.'
Jonathan Groff
BeautySchoolThinkBeastFirstSee
Much as I loved doing 'The Big Breakfast,' it almost became automatic. I need something to keep my brain ticking over, something that I have to concentrate on.
Denise Van Outen
BreakfastBrainLovedDoingNeed
The more I dressed up, the more people reacted... the more I wanted to do it.
Boy George
PeopleDressedMoreUpWanted
If you're at school, children who play football, you give everything to win... If you don't succeed, that's a huge disappointment. Then it's okay to be sad, but better times are coming.
Arjen Robben
SadChildrenFootballSchoolWin
Good government is good politics.
Richard J. Daley
GoodPoliticsGovernment
It is interesting the way you create something and send it out into the culture, and then the culture kind of goes berserk.
Mark Frost
CultureInterestingYouCreateKind
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