I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
Charles Sumner
Recitation: by Male by Female
If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.
Joe R. Lansdale
WritingStoryYouKnowBurnWant
If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way.
Anderson Cooper
WorkMeStorySomeoneWayMore
I'm terrorized by a fear of failure. Failure is always there.
Maurizio Cattelan
FailureFearAlways
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
Robert Bork
AchievementRewardSystemReveal
There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.
Moira Kelly
FaceLostBattlesTurnCoreWould
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
Louis A. Johnson
ServiceAmericaResourcesSingle
Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.
Lois Lowry
SchoolMeHomeworkYearInformation
I knew that I wanted to meet girls, so I joined a fraternity, and I did yoga.
Josh Young
MeetFraternityKnewDidYoga
Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.
Jon McGregor
BookNowEmbarrassingPublishedHad
As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
Brian Eno
MeMoodSoundAlwaysSoonHear
We're still expecting capitalism to solve problems: 'Maybe if we sell enough oil, we can give some profits to an environmental agency!' Capitalism isn't a moral system.
Anohni
EnvironmentalCapitalismProblemsOil
It's true, I don't like the real world.
Richard Foreman
WorldTrueRealReal WorldLike
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