I have no problem with animals, I just like people more.
David Rakoff
Recitation: by Male by Female
I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.
Jennifer Lopez
SonDaughterI AmToughI CanNow
I remember tearing up the first time I read Nabokov's description, in 'Speak, Memory,' of his father being tossed on a blanket by cheering muzhiks, with its astonishingly subtle foreshadowing of grief and mourning.
Michael Chabon
FatherTimeGriefMemorySpeakUp
I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.'
Stephen Daldry
GoodGreatMeBetterYouKnow
Some bands sound like one song the whole album through. We've been all over the place because we are punk, hardcore, rock n' roll, metal, reggae - and I think sometimes it might be too much diversity, and kids are lost.
Sonny Sandoval
DiversitySongThinkPlaceToo Much
I hate speeches.
Travis Fimmel
HateSpeeches
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.
Roscoe Mitchell
MusicPracticeLearnYouCreateWay
Debt ceiling is something that, you know, any time the president asks for the authority to increase the debt ceiling, the debt burden on our children and grandchildren, I think that requires a pretty serious discussion, robust debate.
Ron Johnson
ChildrenTimeThinkYouDebateKnow
My favorite music is when the sound is supplementing the message. I don't think it's dramatic; it's cinematic.
Lucy Dacus
MusicThinkSoundDramaticMessage
I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.
Loretta Young
LifeMy LifeLivedQuotations
We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.
Joyce Carol Oates
MemoryLanguageBloodWithoutLinked
I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record.
Jason Schwartzman
FunnyPeopleMoonYouPersonPlay
If D-Day - the greatest amphibious operation ever undertaken - failed, there would be no going back to the drawing board for the Allies. Regrouping and attempting another massive invasion of German-occupied France even a few months later in 1944 wasn't an option.
Douglas Brinkley
DrawingBackGreatestGoingAllies
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