Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
Recitation: by Male by Female
I feel akin to the Platypus. An orphan in a family. A swimmer, a recluse. Part bird, part fish, part lizard.
Trevor Dunn
FamilyBirdFeelFishLizardOrphan
Don't worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed, taking regular breaks from mental tasks actually improves your creativity and productivity. Skipping breaks, on the other hand, leads to stress and fatigue.
Tom Rath
FocusCreativityStressWorryHand
I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at.
Ruth Rendell
FearThinkWantFoolishI Think
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that when you're starting out in comedy, it's the audience that tells you what's funny about you. And you need to listen to that and make a note of that.
Mike Birbiglia
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
Michel de Montaigne
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The most important thing for me is health - you wake up in the morning, you can breathe, and you can walk.
Mohamed Al-Fayed
MorningHealthWalkMeWake UpYou
It's not like Mexicans have an illegal immigration organ in their body and at 14 kicks off a hormone and shows them how to come to the United States illegally. It's a question of desperation for a vast majority of them.
Luis Alberto Urrea
ImmigrationBodyIllegal Immigration
I really wasn't planning on being a solo artist.
Juicy J
PlanningArtistSoloBeingReally
I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important.
Jason Williams
OpportunityThinkWorryYearKid
Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one.
Dick Cheney
TechnologyTogetherPeopleEnough
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
William Penn
TimeDeathMoreOverEternityUs
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