Chang-Rae Lee Quotes

I think my parents recognised that I'd always wanted to be a writer, and so they didn't think that this was some idle, faddish wish on my part.

Chang-Rae Lee

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ParentsThinkWishIdleAlwaysSome

There are plenty of other actors who are wonderful that just don't work in a way that I work, or our methods aren't necessarily compatible. But then there are those you instinctually just are drawn to.

Joe Mantello

WorkYouWayWonderfulJustWho

While I admire writers who are able to write with a vitality based on order and action, I work in a different vein. I often feel that if I can get the language just right, the language hypnotizes the reader.

Jesmyn Ward

WorkActionLanguageFeelI Can

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli.

Jerome Bruner

PerceptionProcessRecognitionMore

We don't want to be the standard thing. We're more interested in having people hate us than glaze over us. We'd rather have a reaction than be in the middle.

Matthew Ramsey

HatePeopleWantReactionMoreOver

I want children to learn to develop deep reading skills in the beginning in print. I believe the physicality of print is much better in the beginning for children, and then help them learn how to use their deep reading skills on digital medium.

Maryanne Wolf

ChildrenBeginningBelieveReading

Sometimes you get to a place in life where you feel you've made some choices, and maybe they weren't the right choices, and that it's all coming to an end.

Mike Singletary

LifeChoicesEndFeelYouPlace

Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.

Michael Tippett

PoetryGoOverSomethingBegins

Trump doesn't have a plan. There's a screw loose, and he's got a really short fuse. Do you really want the leader of the free world with his finger on the button to have a short fuse?

Michael Kelly

LeaderWorldFreeShortPlanYou

I still don't know how to cook and that's just unacceptable.

Mo Rocca

KnowCookJustStillHow

Thursday night football should be illegal.

Doug Baldwin

FootballNightThursdayShould

It's like Liverpool. Everybody went for the music. All the young musicians seemed to gravitate to Asbury Park.

Clarence Clemons

MusicMusiciansYoungParkLike

After Fergie and Prince Andrew honeymooned at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Bobby, my late husband, and I were first to stay in their suite. We enjoyed the benefits - all the spoils and the special luxuries. We practically had our own private beach, and it was most romantic.

Cilla Black

RomanticBeachHusbandLateSpecial

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