Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Recitation: by Male by Female
Becoming a parent has changed the risk calculus for me. But it might be age, too, and seeing a lot of friends die in the mountains. Will I take the same risks I took in my 20s? Probably not, but I will always push myself in the mountains.
Jimmy Chin
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It's hard in America as a writer of color, an actor of color, not to get caught up in race and culture. But you're also supposed to be able to write characters and scenes in a way where it's just a matter of fact, a component.
John Cho
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The roots that weave up my right arm and onto my neck are my way of connecting with the earth: the earth's roots carry water like a human's veins carry blood.
Jeff Hardy
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My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'
Michael Ian Black
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After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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I have four relatively small children, and around fourth grade, they start doing big projects on Native Americas: everything is Native Americans in elementary school. Do you know how many Native American dresses I've sewn, on and on; it's a full yearlong study. And then never again. As journalists, we never even cover Native Americans.
Soledad O'Brien
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When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
Steven Wright
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I still like the King's Road. It is very alive; it is a hustle of things from different countries and so on. It is lovely.
Mary Quant
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All weddings, except those with shotguns in evidence, are wonderful.
Liz Smith
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Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.
Lord Byron
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The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.
Jean Baudrillard
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