We work to become, not to acquire.
Elbert Hubbard
Recitation: by Male by Female
Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.
Jessica Williams
WomanMeBlackPressureAnxiety
While one might laugh at the meaningless boredom of people a decade or two ago, the emptiness has for many now moved from the state of boredom to a state of futility and despair, which holds promise of dangers.
Rollo May
PeopleLaughBoredomNowDespair
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
LifeMePlanYouWildTell
I am an entrepreneur in the entertainment industry. Somewhere early on when I couldn't get something I wanted through the system, I threw up my hands and tried to figure a way to get it done myself. A lot of it came from my upbringing. My dad was an entrepreneur.
Mike Binder
MyselfI AmHandsEarlyEntrepreneur
I was that weird kid that checked out all of the non-fiction paranormal studies books from the library. I've always been fascinated by the supernatural, particularly movies and TV shows that manage to blend humor with the horror - 'Supernatural', 'Buffy', 'Angel.'
Molly Harper
HumorAngelLibraryWeirdMovies
Most people give Kennedy a passing grade, a good grade on the Cuban Missile Crisis handling, but what they don't realize, if he had had strength, if he had showed strength before, there would never have been a Cuban Missile Crisis.
Louie Gohmert
StrengthGoodPeopleCrisisNever
A publisher - and I write as one - does far more than print and sell a book. It selects, nurtures, positions and promotes the writer's work.
Jonathan Galassi
WorkBookMoreWriteSellPrint
I always travel with my bike and it has become a little more difficult to do it nowadays, but I stick it in 3,5 by 6-foot case and wheel that thing in.
Donny Robinson
BikeTravelWheelBecomeDifficult
I can't write what I don't believe in.
Dorothy Allison
BelieveWrite
I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.
Cheryl Mendelson
MusicNewRockListenWriteOpera
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.
Bob Beauprez
TaxAcceptDollarWillingnessMade
A lot of the things that bore adults don't bore children, and people forget that. In some ways, boredom is a projection of adults because we can't remember what childhood was like.
Alissa Quart
ChildrenChildhoodPeopleRemember
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