A place for everything, everything in its place.
Benjamin Franklin
Recitation: by Male by Female
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it.
Jhumpa Lahiri
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I write, and I sing, and I play a little guitar. I mean, it's tiny. Ba-dump-bum!
John Cho
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You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.
Jean-Marie Le Pen
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Once we start deliberately messing with the climate systems, we could inadvertently shift rainfall patterns (climate models have shown that rainfall in the Amazon might be particularly vulnerable), causing collapse of ecosystems, drought, famine, and more.
Jeff Goodell
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I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but it's wrong. In five and a half years in politics up north, no one really bothered to criticize my ideas, such as they were. It was never my message that was the issue. It was always the messenger.
Michael Ignatieff
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You don't have to be the sexiest girl or the most talented person to have the X factor. X factor is something you are born with that is your own. And the moment that you realize how to tap into that quality that you have within, and how to bring that individuality out of yourself, that is when you discover the X factor.
Sonu Nigam
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Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.
Steven Van Zandt
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Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.
Steve Largent
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I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well.
Roger Staubach
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Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.
Brooke Shields
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I take a lot of naps.
Alice Ripley
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There were always moments where I'd say, 'What else can I do with my life?' But when I was 30 years old and discovered I could write - I wrote 'Black Cloud' in six weeks - it opened up a whole new world for me.
Ricky Schroder
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