Foresight turns out to be a critical adaptive strategy for times of great stress.
Jamais Cascio
Recitation: by Male by Female
I learned long ago, back with 'Lover Revealed,' that my job is to sit at the computer, shut up and type. Otherwise? The pictures and the voices go away!
Jessica Bird
JobLongBackPicturesGoShut Up
I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
Jennifer Carpenter
DaySchoolVoiceSpeechYouWhy
My daughter, Grace, was not killed by a gun. She died suddenly at age 5 from a virulent form of strep. As I stood stunned in a church at her memorial, one of the hardest things I heard someone say was, 'I'm going to go home and hug my child a little tighter.' 'Well, good for you,' I thought. 'I'm going to go home and scream.'
Ann Hood
GoodHomeDaughterAgeChildGrace
I felt very comfortable about myself when I was much heavier. I feel much better about myself from being fit.
Jeff Garlin
MyselfBetterFeelComfortableBeing
The applause of his native land is the richest reward to which the patriot ever aspires. It is this for which 'he bears to live or dares to die.' It is the high incentive to those achievements which illustrate the page of history and give to poetry its brightest charm.
John Tyler
LiveHistoryPoetryDieRewardLand
When you're on set with Ed Asner or Melissa Peterman, you start to sort of exist in a different realm sometimes. You try not to let that get in your head, and you try not to let that overtake you.
Steve Kazee
StartYouSometimesTryHeadGet
I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.
Stephen Harper
HealthServiceMedicalThinkFirst
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
Stephen Leacock
LoveMarriageGirlManMistakeMany
When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'
Michael Palin
LifeMyselfThinkSometimesNever
When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires.
Doris Lessing
GirlPeopleEndYouKnowForget
It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing.
Christopher Hitchens
CulturePerfectStrangersWhySee
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would hope somebody liked me.
Brian Clough
HopeHistoryMeSayWantProfound
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