Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.
Vita Sackville-West
Recitation: by Male by Female
A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
Robert Hughes
SoulToolsAccomplishMonkeyWill
I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.
Amanda Tapping
LoveCharacterActingSkinAlways
Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger.
Stephen Kinzer
AngerRelationshipsLeadersBetween
In the 74 years and nearly four months marking her time on what she called this crooked old Earth, my mother rarely drew a healthy breath. Still, to say that life wasn't fair for this awkwardly glib, yet deeply religious woman, would fail to take into account her towering instinct for survival.
Rodney Crowell
LifeMotherTimeWomanSurvivalSay
But I'm real conscious about what I do. I don't care what the label is. I'm looking at the outcome of it.
Mike Epps
LookingCareRealOutcomeLabel
You never know how much time you have with someone.
Lisa Jakub
TimeSomeoneYouKnowNeverMuch
I'm not really worried about anybody or anything. I think I have a lot to offer. It's just, with your rookie year, your body, it's just a lot. It may seem foolish, all those dunks and stuff: they look cool, but it takes a toll on your body, for sure.
Jaylen Brown
CoolThinkYearBodyLookYour Body
The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.
Claiborne Pell
EducationStrengthCharacterPeople
The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton.
Corey Hawkins
GangEverythingRivalryTensionLike
I often say flippantly that the short story is... shorter; you can be done with it more easily. It's much less of a commitment of time and energy than a big project like a novel or long nonfiction book.
Bobbie Ann Mason
TimeCommitmentBookEnergyStory
Many of the engineers I interviewed worked on reverse-engineering technology. It's a hallmark of Area 51.
Annie Jacobsen
TechnologyEngineersHallmarkMany
My cousin knew a manager in the model agency, He offered me a shoot for a Korean brand called Kai-aakmann, and it was a good pay. I was working at a shop selling surfing items in Busan, but I quit the job and came to Seoul for a better future.
Sung Jin Park
GoodFutureJobMeBrandBetter
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