A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.
Margaret Atwood
Recitation: by Male by Female
Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.
Jim Cooper
PresidentFirstOfficeOverSingle
In the United States, there is a broadly shared view that the U.N. is one of many potential instruments to advance U.S. issues, and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through the U.N. or best done through some other mechanism.
John Bolton
BestPotentialViewDoneDecide
I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.
Andra Day
SchoolSingingPerformanceChurch
People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure the evidence would support me.
John Higgins
PurposeSupportPeopleMeTable
I love chapbooks. They're in some ways the ideal form in which to publish and read poems. You can read 19 poems in a way you can't sit down and read 60 to 70 pages of poems.
Robert Morgan
LoveYouDownWaySitPublish
I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor once pointed out to me that all of my early novels had houses on the covers.
Anita Shreve
MeEarlyAlwaysOutBeenFact
I was with Shaq at his home the day he retired. It was innovative for him to become the media and announce via social media that he was retiring.
Amy Jo Martin
HomeDaySocial MediaMediaBecome
Camp life is demanding, and even the simplest daily routine becomes a chore in a climate with 90 per cent humidity, not to mention the bugs.
Stefanie Powers
LifeDailyRoutineBugsEvenChore
For me, growing up, I felt like there was something fatally and tragically flawed in my nature and that it was my duty to try to avoid falling for that vice.
Shyam Selvadurai
NatureMeGrowing UpGrowingDuty
A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs.
Sia
TimeWritingPopSongsRelateAbout
I slipped through every school I went to without leaving a trace. I was in no team; I was never a prefect. I was totally mediocre - well, I probably still am - but at places like Summer Fields and Eton, it's all about sport and doing your bit, and I always preferred to watch telly or read a book than run round a field.
Tom Parker Bowles
SchoolTeamBookDoingSummerRun
I think my mother, more than anyone, knew the importance of inspiration. If it was occurring, you had to use it.
Rufus Wainwright
MotherThinkYouMoreInspiration
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