Ransom Riggs Quotes

For a 12-year-old with a hyperactive imagination who liked to dream of dreary gothic castles, suburban Florida felt a little stifling.

Ransom Riggs

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In football, you have to look out for yourself and know when that ride is over. That extra inch after you've already got the first down - what's that going to get you? Not much.

Jimmy Graham

RideFootballYourselfYouLookOut

In terms of rock and roll, I'm often drawn to louder, rougher stuff; maybe that's my history as a punk rock wannabee showing itself! Honestly, though, I'm not one of those people who listens to music constantly. I really love silence.

Jennifer Egan

LoveMusicHistorySilencePeople

You have to give kids things they're interested in reading. That's what teachers do who are engaged in what their students want.

Jenna Bush

ReadingYouWantTeachersThings

Boston was incredible. I had some of the best experiences of my life there at Berklee because I met a bunch of other people who were at the exact same stage in life and interest as me. There were American and international students all wrapped up in the Berklee environment, where you basically did nothing but music 24/7.

Anat Cohen

LifeMusicBestPeopleMeAmerican

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

Mel Tillis

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Jazz changes and all. But I don't know the names of what it is I'm doing.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

DoingKnowJazzChangesNames

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

Sissy Spacek

FamilyValueMeMotherhoodYearAct

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Tom Hooper

WorkGreatYourselfMoreOpeningUp

You can't know what it's like to be a major league umpire unless you were a major league umpire.

Doug Harvey

YouKnowLikeUmpireMajorWere

They were the books to read, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' A rite of passage going through life.

Sylvester McCoy

LifeThroughLordRingsGoingBooks

Football, or soccer as it is known, is a game of two halves. It's a game with rules and a referee. FIFA, the governing body for football, follows neither the rule of law or has the oversight of a referee.

Sharan Burrow

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Once I retire and slow down, I don't want to be in New York. I want to be somewhere near a lake or a pond, so that on my days when I have nothing to do, I can go fishing.

Sharon Jones

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