A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily.
Alexander Chase
Recitation: by Male by Female
People perceive me as a commodity. They just don't think anything of asking for five minutes of my time. It never occurs to them that if they're asking for it and another thousand people are asking, I don't have 1,000 five minutes to give.
Stephen Jay Gould
TimePeopleMeThinkNeverAsking
Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention - but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it.
Stephen Merchant
ChallengeNightPuzzlePictureDoing
My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band.
Travis Barker
DaySchoolMeMomHigh SchoolPlay
We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy. We quickly sacrifice sleep to work longer hours in pursuit of the American Dream. Even when we do these things with good intentions, they have life-threatening consequences.
Tom Rath
WorkGoodAmerican DreamSleepSweet
The first time I met Harlan Ellison, we were both unpublished young punks in Cleveland, Ohio.
Roger Zelazny
TimeYoungFirst TimeFirstOhio
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
Mason Cooley
ChildrenWaySameGetUse
How can you not have preconceived notions and expectations of who Kelsey Grammer is gonna be? He's been in my living room since my TV was on. And he exceeded them all, somehow. He's such a beautiful and open-hearted collaborator and mentor and such a great family man. I was just lucky to get to work with him and learn from him.
Matt Bomer
WorkFamilyBeautifulGreatManYou
Given the scale of issues like global warming and epidemic disease, we shouldn't underestimate the importance of a can-do attitude to science rather than a can't-afford-it attitude.
Martin Rees
AttitudeScienceUnderestimateGlobal
I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know.
Milos Forman
ThinkYouKnowHollywoodFilmMake
Queen Latifah was writing poetry. Maybe Latifah's 'Ladies First' and Angelou's 'Phenomenal Woman' are the same thing, a generation apart.
Jason Reynolds
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Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.
Jose Maria Aznar
GrowthBestJobPeopleFindYoung
I came from the projects. So there were times I'd wake up at night, and my palms would be itching to get out. But no matter where I was, I always looked at the stars, because there's nothing ugly about the sky. That was my escape.
Desiigner
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