I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
Charles Kuralt
Recitation: by Male by Female
If you don't toot your own horn, it goeth untooted.
Joe R. Lansdale
YouOwnYourHorn
When I was a kid and my mom made tomato soup, she would cut buttered toast into squares and float them on top of each bowl.
Tom Douglas
MomSoupSheTomatoTopKid
My head was - I wasn't screwed up, but I feel like I was shifted away from my family a lot with this basketball stuff. You have people coming around you saying they are family or whatever. They try to keep you away from your real family. That kind of got me.
Deandre Ayton
FamilyPeopleMeBasketballSaying
One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy.
Christian McKay
MemoriesBabyFaceRememberHands
It's easy to quit. It's easy to not get something that you want and just say, 'Well, that didn't work out,' and move on to the next thing.
CM Punk
WorkEasyYouMove OnWantQuit
I got scouted for modeling, and it was really scary - I was walking my dog wearing heels for the first time ever because I had a party to go to the day after, and I wanted to practice, and this black car kind of started following me, so I, being dramatic, picked up the dog and started to run.
Anya Taylor-Joy
DogCarTimeDayPracticeMe
I think the larger productions in India are very methodical and pretty much on the ball in terms of work. When I say work, I mean pre-production and the homework that's required.
Ali Fazal
WorkThinkHomeworkIndiaSayMean
My own reaction from a distance is that Pol Pot's demise as the leader of the Khmer Rouge was inevitable, and that his own paranoia did him in as much as anything else.
Sydney Schanberg
LeaderDistanceInevitableMy Own
It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people have a pre-conceived idea, like it's just Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. But really, there's so much culture, the music's great, the food's great. It's not good for the waistline! But I'm actually from the South, I'm from Georgia, so the weather doesn't bother me.
Sung Kang
GoodMusicGreatFoodCultureMe
I have angel wings and a halo on my wrist, which I got done on my 30th birthday in memory of my brother.
Sheridan Smith
BirthdayMemoryBrotherAngelWings
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
Shakira
ThinkOnlyWhoBusinessmanI Think
Let's face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent of social change, at least for the immediate future, is the corporation.
Tibor Kalman
ChangeFutureLiveTimeGovernment
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