I write with teenagers in mind.
Bernard Beckett
Recitation: by Male by Female
I write narrative nonfiction, creating lively scenes through action and the use of quotes from firsthand accounts, all based on rigorous research. If I say a character leaned against a fence on a windy day, than I have at least two sources to back up these details.
Jim Murphy
CharacterDayResearchActionFence
I liked journalism and thought it was important, certainly more important than fiction. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't been elbowed out.
Jim Crace
ThoughtDoingJournalismImportant
But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.
Joan Collins
LifeLunchShoppingMy LifeThree
It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.
Joan of Arc
KingCityEndYouParisTrue
The rise of the social web promised a new era of personalization for globe-trotting. But like many things born online, as popularity of the new tools increased, efficiency and usefulness began to decrease.
Jenna Wortham
ToolsEfficiencyRiseBornNewWeb
Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer.
Max Weber
PoliticsStupidWorldViewPoint
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
John Locke
GovernmentEndPreservationProperty
Until politicos take a true stand in defense of marriage by proposing an anti-adultery amendment to the Constitution, stop demonizing gays and lesbians when the one debasing your marriage is the individual in the mirror.
John Ridley
MarriageMirrorConstitutionStand
I definitely liked the Muppets. I definitely liked Yoda in 'Empire Strikes Back' and Chewbacca. I don't know if I was a fan of puppets or those, like, specific characters.
Spike Jonze
BackKnowEmpirePuppetsLikeFan
I would have loved to have been in 'Bottle Rocket' to take over Owen Wilson's character Dignan, because he's just awesome and amazing. I would have loved to have been in 'The Darjeeling Limited' maybe. I think that would have been a good one to be in.
Tony Revolori
GoodCharacterAmazingThinkLoved
SoftBank is not a specialist on any instrument. We did not invent any instrument. Not the best player. But we would like to be a conductor of this information revolution.
Masayoshi Son
BestRevolutionInformationWould
A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.
Marty Allen
TimeBestEconomicsYearStudyBuy
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