Kathleen Battle Quotes

New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.

Kathleen Battle

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LifeGreatNew YorkCityMy Life

It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Jo Brand

LearnDifficultNastyTakeVery

I'm not violent.

Jeremy Renner

Violent

There was an act of defiance which goes on where these humans and aliens save these children, and hence the name/term of 'Defiance.' Formerly, it was St. Louis. This frontier town springs up from it. And everybody tries to integrate, they try to re-invent themselves as well.

Tony Curran

ChildrenTryFrontierUpActWell

I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

Roger Federer

LiveCoolYearBackTennisNeed

You don't make pictures for Oscars.

Martin Scorsese

YouPicturesMakeOscars

Negative interest rates hurt banks' balance sheets, with the 'wealth effect' on banks overwhelming the small increase in incentives to lend.

Joseph Stiglitz

BalanceSmallNegativeHurtWealth

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

Jonathan Dee

ChildYouBadNewsWantKind

I've never had a divorce, but I've seen so many of my friends, my sister, my family go through that stuff, so I try to write for the people that can't write about it. I take on their sorrow, so I'm able to kind of express it, or their joy.

Dolly Parton

FamilyJoyPeopleSisterFriendsGo

Quick. Name ten dead redheads.

Douglas Coupland

NameDeadQuickTenRedheads

To me, if you're a musician, then you're interested in music, and if you're interested in music, then you should listen to a lot of different types.

Brittany Howard

MusicMeYouListenDifferentThen

I think most of us who live into our 50s have had a few experiences with death. You know, we see people we know start to die. We realize it's getting closer and closer for us.

William T. Vollmann

LiveDeathPeopleStartThinkDie

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

PeopleYearKnowWillMealPoint

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