Alexandra Adornetto Quotes

We teenage girls are faced with a quandary: we know what we want but are forced to wait for our male counterparts to grow up. We are ready for intense and meaningful relationships, but research indicates that males will not reach maturity until their mid-20s.

Alexandra Adornetto

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MaturityResearchWaitGrowReach

I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.

Joel Embiid

LifeRestMy LifeWantPhilly

I've learned to steer away from the wrong kind of woman for me.

Joel Kinnaman

WomanMeWrongKindAwayLearned

There's not one type of stand-up, just like there's not one type of woman.

Jenny Slate

WomanJustLikeTypeStand-Up

I read books all the time. I'm just half looking for something to do; I mostly just read for pleasure. Occasionally I stumble across something that could be a movie, but I don't put a book down just because I don't see a movie in it, either.

Andrew Dominik

TimeLookingBookDownJust Because

I love to be able to meet people who are successful, and I love them not because they're successful, but usually people who are successful have qualities that make them interesting to be around.

Robert Osborne

LovePeopleInterestingMeetBecause

I remember, my mom, she's lived in Spain for about thirty years, and we were playing the Royal Albert Hall, and she was with some friends from New York. Morrissey came out with the sign 'The Queen is Dead,' and my mom's friends are like, 'Oh my God.' They took it literally.

Andy Rourke

GodQueenNew YorkMomRememberNew

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

GreatMenPeopleBrainyKnowSay

Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross.

Stephen Stills

ArtYouImportantDecideWellOnce

I've actually traveled quite a bit with various authors. Judith Miller and I toured the highlands in Scotland with Liz Curtis Higgs, and that was incredible fun. However, I love going with my husband, who - although he is not a writer per se, he is a historian and can give me a lot of insight on various historical locations.

Tracie Peterson

LoveFunMeHusbandTraveledGoing

People are salaried for the work they do, not the specific hours they sit at their desks. When you ding salaried employees for showing up five minutes late even though they routinely stay late and put in time on the weekend, you send the message that policies take precedence over performance.

Travis Bradberry

WorkTimePeoplePerformanceWeekend

One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.

Molly Antopol

WorkTimeMeFeelMomentsWay

I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage.

Miriam Margolyes

KissPeopleLuckyStageBeenVery

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