Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.
Terry O'Quinn
Recitation: by Male by Female
For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened for maybe another four years that I actually thought of a story, the plot of a story that corresponded to that phrase.
Jhumpa Lahiri
StoryThinkThoughtTryWritePlot
This is a truth that should be repeated like a mantra: to have any chance of a ful - filling life, we require not only clean air and a steady climate, but also an abundance of meadows and woodlands, rivers and oceans, teeming with life and the mass existence of other living creatures.
John Burnside
LifeTruthChanceAbundanceLiving
The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances.
Jeffrey Tambor
AwardEveryoneShouldElseEnsemble
When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.
MaryJanice Davidson
DayJobMeBookTryingSaid
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.
Michael Musto
ImpossibleIgnorePlaceFameLying
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart.
Judy Collins
GoodHeartYourselfPoetryWriting
The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.
Jared Polis
EducationBestJobChildFoundation
A lot of young people want to become jazz singers, but there are not more jam sessions like there used to be. I just want to have the opportunity to be able to bring that to some young people.
Dianne Reeves
OpportunityPeopleYoungWantJazz
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
Donald Rumsfeld
GoodGovernmentPeopleNewWill
The great privilege it has been to work with some of the most talented people on the face of the earth. My first scene in a movie was with James Cagney, for goodness sakes. There I was, just out of the U.S. Navy without an acting lesson to my name.
Dean Jones
WorkGreatPeopleFaceNameActing
I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left them.
Bret Stephens
ParentsPartyOldLineLeaveUp
In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case.
Brian O'Driscoll
ThinkYouGoPointEternityGoing
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