I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai
Recitation: by Male by Female
Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to Professor Antony Hewish and Professor Martin Ryle. At the time, science was still perceived as being carried out by distinguished men.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
ScienceRespectTimeMenGenderOut
When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both coveted and hated. My white classmates never failed to remind me that I was more fortunate than they were at this particular juncture in American literature.
Jenny Zhang
MeWritingAmericanLiteratureWhite
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt.
John le Carre
AgeStoryBetterYouGoGo For It
The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you.
Michael Chertoff
MoneyEnoughYouSaidNowWant
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.
Michael Eisner
GodSchoolI AmCollegeHigh School
Music can be a way for me to think back a lot of the time, almost like an opening into all the nostalgia I never express.
Amber Mark
MusicTimeMeThinkBackNostalgia
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Ambrose Bierce
MenDawnBedGoReason
If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people are doing when you're just as worthy as they are.
Storm Reid
PeopleFeelDoingYouSometimes
Readers can read what they want and easily switch to other books, so we're seeing a lot of reading behaviors. Some verticals attract different usage than others. We can spot reading patterns.
Trip Adler
ReadingSeeingWantOthersPatterns
I can see how the young girls really get hurt when their moms are critical, or vice versa when they're overly critical of their moms. It can be so painful.
Tori Amos
HurtI CanYoungSeeVicePainful
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player.
Roberto Clemente
GodBaseballI AmMeBaseball Player
An English summer's day is wonderful, but sometimes you have to look hard to find one!
Romain Grosjean
DayYouLookFindSummerSometimes
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