The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
Italo Calvino
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.
Steve Burke
BusinessWinPersonPlayWantRun
I consider myself a freedom fighter, fighting for my clients.
Roger Ailes
FreedomMyselfFightingFighter
I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.'
Michael Pena
FirstGotLikeFourOKStaying
I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.
Lizzy Caplan
FamilyPeopleThinkBackEarlyKind
I was completely unhealthy, obese, so I committed to running three miles every morning for six months and following a strict diet, and 100 pounds came off.
Josh Young
MorningDietThreeMilesOffSix
Few people know that President Obama has used drone attacks many times more than Bush ever did. Obama's off the charts in terms of drone attack.
Jonathan Turley
PeopleKnowPresidentMoreUsedOff
When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred times before.
Chet Williamson
BookWantSameLikeReadSurprised
Going to college was something that I didn't want to do.
Brandon Jennings
CollegeWantSomethingGoing
I had a lot of funky things as a kid. I had dinosaurs and comic book stuff. I was eccentric; imagination drove my decor. Dinosaurs, for sure, were in there!
Brian Tee
ImaginationBookKidDinosaursSure
Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
Pope Francis
LifeGoodGodTrustSpaceSeed
My stroller of choice is the Graco Classic. It's the '70s Buick of strollers, bulky with a complete absence of style. There are no good lines on the Graco. Yes, it has cup holders, like any self-respecting car or stroller does these days, but the luxuries stop there.
Shawn Amos
GoodCarStyleChoiceStopClassic
The experimental poetry thing is not my thing. It's a programme of the avant-garde: basically a refusal of the kind of poetry I write.
Seamus Heaney
PoetryKindWriteRefusalThing
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