Science moves fastest when there's plenty of debate and controversy.
Lee Smolin
Recitation: by Male by Female
As many as two out of every three Europeans who came to the colonies were debtors on arrival: they paid for their passage by becoming indentured servants.
Jill Lepore
ThreeTwoOutColoniesPaidPassage
I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I'd audition for comedies and think, 'I can't pull this off.'
Melissa Fumero
ThinkComedyHardOffPullAudition
It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills.
Robert Manning
KnowledgeImportantSkillsBuildArm
Nobody from the administration has officially rejected my column.
Robert Novak
NobodyAdministrationColumnRejected
I want to be known as Terminator 2.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
WantKnownTerminator
There are people all over the world who are willing to exploit others. You can't just point the finger at America.
Arlo Guthrie
PeopleWorldAmericaYouOthers
I don't like freeloaders; I don't like people who are negative.
Anthony Hopkins
PeopleNegativeWhoLike
I think I'm decisive, and I like to get things done quickly. So if that comes across as intimidation, I'm sorry to hear it. But it's more in the interest of getting things done.
Anna Wintour
SorryThinkDoneMoreThingsGet
When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.
Paul Theroux
WritingConfidentFeelNeedHim
I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV.
Scott Patterson
CoffeeThoughtBecomeDrinkNever
You can't base your life off waking up every morning, like, 'What are people saying about me now?' Then I'd never stay in my creative headspace.
Tyga
LifeMorningCreativePeopleMeYou
When I die, I will not be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themselves.
Ntozake Shange
HealthThinkingGenerationDieWill
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