My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.
Betsy Byars
Recitation: by Male by Female
I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.
Andrew Young
ProgressRacismWarThinkPoverty
'Teenage Wildlife' is just epic. It's, like, five or six minutes long, and it kind of crescendos and builds into this insane vocal of Bowie wailing. I think I would pay $5,000 dollars to see footage of that recording session.
Anders Holm
ThinkLongKindWildlifePaySee
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell anything, and my bank account was down to zero, and all of my friends were like 'What are you doing in the basement, when are you going to get a real job?', and my parents thought I'd completely lost it.
Matthew Quick
TeacherTimeJobSchoolParents
I vividly remember my sixth-grade classroom. I remember what it smelled like, where I sat, what I could see out the window, and how I felt about things. Peel away my decrepit middle-aged exterior, and an important part of me is still twelve years old. It helps me when I sit down to write stories for kids.
Rodman Philbrick
MeWindowRememberDownImportant
'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a leper. Its four characters are heroes to a lot of women; they run around New York, or Gotham - but they have fancy shoes instead of capes.
Michael Patrick King
WomenAgeShoesNew YorkCityYou
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
Jay Weatherill
CivilityStriveAlwaysSomething
Priesthood quorums teach and assist their members to attain good health, financial stability, and a year's supply of food and clothing. They also teach their members to be self-reliant and to give their time, talents, and means in behalf of the Church, community, and needy.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
GoodGood HealthCommunityHealth
I took tap classes growing up.
Jon M. Chu
Growing UpGrowingUpTapTook
My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.
Derrick Bell
LifeWifeProudMy LifeTryingShe
I was from a tiny little island, which I always say is one corn field away from a horror film: it was, like, isolated, and everybody knew everybody, and you go to school with the grandkids of the grandparents that your grandparents went to school with.
Dove Cameron
SchoolYouGoSayIslandHorror
You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.
Sean Parker
YourselfThinkYouAchieveOutside
We must ensure American workers get the long-overdue raise they deserve.
Jan Schakowsky
AmericanDeserveWorkersMustGet
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