All of my characters, I feel, have some essence of who I am in them.
Gayle Rankin
Recitation: by Male by Female
Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them is considered unique and different.
Jeremy Grantham
UniqueBubblesHousingThingsCommon
I know there are a lot of musicians and a lot of artists, and there are a lot of writers and other people who inspire young people, but I'd like to see somebody in political life be able to connect and make these choices that we need to make in Washington real in terms of people's lives.
John F. Kerry
LifePeopleChoicesInspireYoung
I think people in general have neglected to learn about history.
Maynard James Keenan
HistoryPeopleThinkLearnNeglected
The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence.
Maurice Saatchi
WinLeadCompetenceEconomicTories
I am not a normal man.
Stevie Wonder
ManI AmNormalAm
I have some English words on the first album, but any time I try to do it, you miss something. You think it's just a simple translation from French to English, but it's so different as far as the understanding.
Stromae
TimeSimpleWordsThinkYouTry
The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.
Townsend Harris
WishesPresidentIntroductionMayHe
My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other.
Roz Chast
HateTogetherParentsMeDoingBorn
Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour.
Marvin Harris
FoodPeopleSexWonderPrincipal
I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the ambience is fancy, the food just invariably tastes a little better - and I feel like I'm getting away with something. But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food.
Lisa Hanawalt
FoodPerceptionThinkBetterFeel
I am growing and learning. There's so much more that I want to accomplish and do. I'm gonna do it at whatever pace it happens. I'm not trying to rush anything or slow anything down.
Jordin Sparks
LearningI AmSlowTryingAccomplish
I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.
Bong Joon-ho
GoalSurprisingMakeExpressViewer
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