I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.
William Cobbett
Recitation: by Male by Female
We had a teacher in school who would organize dramatic shows. And she decided to put on a show about - I don't know whether you remember - 'Ferdinand the Bull', the comic script. However, she decided, you're going to sing Ferdinand, me, as a role.
Jimmy Scott
TeacherSchoolMeRememberYouKnow
If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.
John Darnielle
WorkWritingYouBackDownNobody
The Hubble Space Telescope, which was designed for extreme servicing, you know, we can fix everything. And the James Webb Space Telescope, where we can fix nothing. It has to work the first time. And it's a very complicated telescope.
John M. Grunsfeld
WorkTimeSpaceYouComplicatedFix
I was trying to support a family with writing. I didn't have a private income. I had no other profession.
John Updike
FamilySupportWritingTryingIncome
I really believe that God puts things in front of you for a reason, even if you don't always appreciate it in the moment.
Amanda Borden
GodMomentBelieveAppreciateYou
Isn't it great to go race for 16 days straight?
Robby Gordon
GreatGoRaceDaysStraight
I simply do not distinguish between work and play.
Mary Oliver
WorkPlayBetweenSimplyDistinguish
You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.
Molly Ivins
WaterProblemsFaceYouLookGlobal
Mysterious can be cool, if you're in Hollywood and everyone's happy. But it can be really bad if people perceive that the financial interests are adversarial, that there's money versus people. A lot of Goldman Sachs people went into government, so at a time when there's a distrust of institutions, some of that reflects on us.
Lloyd Blankfein
TimeMoneyGovernmentHappyPeople
The first time I mentioned publicly that I had known Viola for some time, many people took it like Viola got me the job in 'Fences'.
Jovan Adepo
TimeJobPeopleMeFirst TimeFirst
Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help.
Jose Andres
WorkHelpSometimesIngredientsGet
When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face.
Courtney A. Kemp
PowerFaceBlackSaidSayPitching
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