The good mamas are often tough mamas.
Sandra Bullock
Recitation: by Male by Female
It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.'
Johann Most
LiveDayManEvery DayBeastPoor
I wanted to learn Latin and Greek and become a poet and acquire power over language. I only understand this clearly in retrospect, that my ability to study came from a hunger to learn all the resources of articulation.
Tony Harrison
PowerLanguageLearnUnderstandOver
I think when your parents die, it is kind of like a moving sidewalk: you're not just on the sideline and watching them go by. You know, you're going to the same place they are.
Roz Chast
ParentsMovingThinkDieYouPlace
My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to occur on that stage.
David Wenham
FatherMeAmbitionTheatreSunday
If you can put your hands on the receiver and get to him fast, that messes up everything for them. If I don't put hands on him, he's probably going to beat me on the route.
Chris Harris, Jr.
MeHandsYouFastEverythingBeat
It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.
Christian McKay
CharacterYourselfEasyYouPerson
I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.
Conor Oberst
EyesTimeProudBrightAlwaysOut
In D&D, I love playing the first guy through the door - the guy with the battle-axe. 'Where are the bad guys? Just point me at 'em!'
Brian Posehn
LoveMeDoorBadFirstPoint
The Oceanic White Tip is considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the sea along with the Great White and Tiger. It is responsible for some of the most famous episodes of man-eating in history, such as when the U.S.S. Indianapolis sank in 1945.
Brian Skerry
SeaHistoryGreatFamousTiger
As I got older, I had more experience with borders. Some literal - living in the dramatically blue misty mountains on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, and living in California - home to expats, transplants, and refugees from both sides of innumerable borders.
Tim Pratt
HomeExperienceMountainsBlueLine
A little wanton money, which burned out the bottom of his purse.
Thomas More
MoneyOutLittleBottomPurseHis
I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The books are accurate enough that they can serve as a gateway to Homer and Virgil.
Rick Riordan
CollegeMeEnoughLettersTellGet
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