Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred.
Warren Mitchell
Recitation: by Male by Female
We all survive more than we think we can.
Joan Didion
SurviveThinkMoreThan
'Sour Heart' is a collection of seven linked short stories narrated by young Chinese-American girls living in New York City in the '90s. It's exceptionally hard to describe what I've written without sounding delusional or boring, so I'll just say they are stories about growing up and the pleasures and agonies of having a family, a body, and a home.
Jenny Zhang
FamilyHomeHeartNew YorkCity
You have to be a star to be in this business.
Jenifer Lewis
BusinessYouStar
I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.
John Lydon
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Ironically, if only because over the years I've known so many - from college deans to studio executives to European expats - who come to Los Angeles aspiring to nothing other than living in Topanga, I wound up there by accident.
Steve Erickson
CollegeLos AngelesLivingNothing
We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.
Simon Winchester
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My choice of learning pharmacy was driven by my interests, curiosity, and a desire to seek new medicines for patients.
Tu Youyou
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Carlo Ancelotti wanted me in Madrid and had bet on me.
Toni Kroos
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I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings.
Robert Toombs
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I know I'm going to lose a lot of readers over this, and I don't care: 'Garfield' is overrated. I have always felt this, even as a child. That dumb man and his dumb, mean cat have gotten more of our attention than they deserve.
Miranda July
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life.
Joseph Brodsky
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It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.
Jon Corzine
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