Lawrence Osborne Quotes

I still miss qualities of Khmer life that are hard to quantify: the slow, sensual pace, the hovering presence of the past, the vast skies filled with terrifying and beautiful butts. And, of course, the food.

Lawrence Osborne

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When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.

Jennifer Holliday

DepressionPeopleSufferingTalking

There are artists that actually don't like going into the studio. They get mad when people say they've got a session. I'm just the opposite. I actually enjoy it.

Jeremih

PeopleEnjoyMadSayPeople SayGet

I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start.

Jeremy Denk

StartIgnorePiecesPlayingWho

I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children's issues and literacy.

Jenna Bush

EducationWomenHopeChildrenBest

Yeah, there's absolutely. I mean, remember when The Searchers came out, it was a relatively big hit for a Western, and I think it made 5 million bucks - I don't even think it made that.

John Milius

ThinkRememberMeanOutBigMillion

At some major events - your birth and death, for example - while you may be the center of attention, the events are managed by others and are more important to the people around you.

Steve Blank

DeathPeopleAttentionYouImportant

My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs.

Stephen Colbert

CompetitionChildBrotherLongSaid

I don't like going to the mall.

Smokepurpp

GoingMallLike

When you're working on a film, it's almost like photographing paintings at a museum. You're photographing somebody else's world. I just try and interpret it and make it real, and make it what the actors are about, what the director is about, and what the film is about.

Mary Ellen Mark

WorldYouMuseumTryDirectorReal

Generally I get up at around 7. But oftentimes, I'll be lolling in bed a little bit earlier - sometimes as early as 5:45 - filing in my mind all the things I have to get done. Which is, of course, totally unproductive.

Mo Rocca

MindEarlyBedDoneSometimesUp

Who's more important than Diana Ross?

Don Cornelius

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There are some great songs - like, I really like 'Snowcone' and 'Whelk Then' and 'No Problem.' I think I'm dissatisfied that it's not written from start to finish; it's over a year's worth of work that doesn't correlate.

Deadmau5

WorkGreatStartThinkProblemYear

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