I've ended up feeling fonder of 'The Paying Guests' than of any of my other novels.
Sarah Waters
Recitation: by Male by Female
During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough to buy what they produced.
Robert Reich
AmericanEnoughThreeNationWorkers
Growing up in Houston, the music scene is super boring.
Travis Scott
MusicGrowing UpGrowingBoringUp
I want to try to prove that at 100, I could sing as well as I was singing when I was 45 or 43.
Tony Bennett
SingingWantProveTryWellSing
Everybody who comes to my home has to play at least one set against me. I beat them all. The best thing is when they want another set. People like me who can't stand not to win. I beat them again and again until they are furious, then I laugh. That's funny.
Robin Van Persie
FunnyHomeBestPeopleMeWin
The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose of deliberation and debate, as well as input from both the majority and minority parties - it arrives at a result that is acceptable to people all along the political spectrum.
Mitch McConnell
WorkGoodPeoplePoliticalResult
And when you're on your own there is that terrifying possibility that you may be the only person on the planet who thinks it's funny - and you have no way of finding out.
Denis Norden
FunnyFindingYouPersonWayOut
I thought that Yoel Romero and Tim Means got the only two tainted bottles of protein in the world. I thought it was crazy. You never know with these companies; you've got to be careful.
Donald Cerrone
CrazyWorldThoughtYouKnowNever
It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.
Colin Powell
PeopleWhoDisgraceMillions
I almost got kicked out of eighth grade for selling 'Playboy.'
Armie Hammer
SellingOutGotAlmostEighth Grade
One of the real ways out of conflict is humour. It builds bridges; it's a weapon against rigid ideology, narrow thinking, intolerance.
Anthony McCarten
ConflictThinkingBridgesHumourOut
I'm not the most romantic guy, although I do try.
Seth Rogen
RomanticTryGuyMostAlthough
The usual metric for whether a planet is habitable or not is to ascertain whether liquid water could exist on its surface. Most worlds will either be too cold, too hot or of a type (like Jupiter) that may have no solid surface and be swaddled in noxious gases.
Seth Shostak
WaterColdWillHotPlanetMay
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