Kathleen Battle Quotes

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

Kathleen Battle

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In Britain, the great hidden secret of talking animals and children's literature is how political it was in its bones, beneath the obvious cuteness.

Andrew O'Hagan

ChildrenGreatPoliticalTalking

Any time an elected official in the world we're in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit.

Jeb Bush

TodayTimeChallengesWorldThink

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon Johnson is assistant leader of his party. In four years he is the leader of his party.

Robert Caro

LeaderLongRisePartyEveryoneUp

When I need to complete a project of primary importance, I'm around nature a lot.

Robin S. Sharma

NatureProjectNeedCompleteAround

It's scary to me to watch the world around us get less and less physical while in the imaginary world of pop culture, aggressive impulses and fear reactions are floridly, furiously stoked and indulged.

Mary Gaitskill

FearCultureMeWorldScaryWatch

I feel at home when I go to London.

Didier Drogba

HomeFeelGoLondonI Feel

From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always been used as a way for generations to distinguish themselves.

Christopher Moore

WayAlwaysUsedGenerationsBeen

I'm not trying to make beats that are better than somebody else's. I'm trying to make beats that are genuine to me.

Ryan Lewis

MeBetterTryingGenuineSomebody

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent some specific pain you're going through. it's not just a story.

Maria Semple

TimeMomentPainStoryThinkYou

I'm a grown woman and sometimes, I might be a little fat, you know? Am I alone there? Not really.

Leighton Meester

AloneWomanFatYouKnowSometimes

I thought, 'Oh, I'll be an independent producer. Oh, I'll be a manager.' I was going through all those things in my head, and one night, late at night, I was having what I would now describe as probably a panic attack because there were so many unknowns. An almost literal voice came into my head telling me, 'You need to write.'

Julie Plec

MeNightVoiceThoughtYouLate

A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren't that terrific.

James Patterson

LoveStylePeopleWritingYouFall

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